Fulani Herdsmen Gun Down Farmer In Delta State..

There is tension in Ossissa community in Ndokwa east local government area of Delta state following the killing of a 45-year-old renowned farmer by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

The Punch reports that the farmer, Nwadei Monday Ikechukwu, was gunned down on Thursday, June 16, when he was returning home from his plantain farm. Following the killing, all Fulani herdsmen reportedly fled the area for safety in fear of reprisal attacks.

The Wife of the deceased, Mrs Prescilia Nwadei (née Egugbo) who was said to be nursing a two months old baby, was still in a coma following the ugly incident. According to residents in the community, this latest incident comes sequel to an alleged abduction of a lawyer and one other person in the locality by Fulani herds

A community resident said: “A lawyer was kidnapped with another person by Fulani herdsmen and the deceased unfortunately passed through the kidnappers den and was killed, the Lawyer was driving a Jeep and after paying the ransom, he was freed.”

In a related development, religious clerics in Rivers state have raised alarm that suspected Fulani herdsmen in the state are armed with weapons and are about to launch a deadly attack. Herdsmen have been fingered in series of violent attack in some parts of the country and several clashes with farmers have been recorded.

Vanguard reports that the clergymen who came from different platforms, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Directorate of Religious Freedom and Church Collaboration of Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria claimed that herdsmen had invaded several communities in the state.