Residents of Egbede community in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have raised an alarm over the invasion of their farmland by some suspected Fulani herdsmen.
According to them, 26-year-old Nonye Nwa-Omoku, was shot dead by a herdsman in the community.
A resident who escaped an attempt on his life said the incident occurred in the evening when the herdsmen attacked their village.
“We don’t even know what happened; we just saw the Fulani man coming towards us. Next thing, he shot at my direction, I dodged,
“He was now asking, where is that my brother. He followed him and shot him two times. My brother fell. We didn’t do anything to him,” he lamented”, the resident recounted.
A relative of the deceased, claimed that residents of the village now live in fear and are afraid to go to their various farms due to herdsmen attacks.
“Fulani herdsmen have been threatening our people to our farmlands. If my people have farmlands of let me say 200 kilometers, Fulani herdsmen have taken over 107 kilometers,” Wellington said.
The Youth President of Egbeda community, Ifeanyi Ezeocha, while condemning the attack advised the youths in the community not to take law into their own hands.
The spokesman for the state police command, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the incident, saying the CP had ordered an investigation with a view to bringing anyone found culpable to justice.
Meanwhile, the Pan Niger Delta Forum has urged the South-South region to speed up on the establishment of a security outfit in order to help protect the people.
The National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Ken Robinson, stated this while reacting to the killing Nwa-Omoku in Egbede community, Rivers State, by a suspected herdsman last week.
“We will use this opportunity to again call on the South-South governors to fast-track the process of establishing a regional security outfit, as other regions have done,” Robinson said.