killed and one other severely injured by suspected Fulani
herdsmen at Ofagbe community, Isoko North Local
Government Area, Delta State.
The palmwine tapper simply identified as Mr. Inibu,
Vanguard gathered, was killed while trying to collect
palmwine in a bush along the community’s road to
Ashaka, in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of the
state.
Speaking with newsmen on the development, the Olotu-
Logbo of the Ofagbe Kingdom, Othuke Omejedo said:
“One woman ran to me that as she was going to the
market, she met the lifeless body of a boy lying on the
ground on the road leading to Ashaka. She said another
one was injured.”
He said the body of the deceased had been deposited in a
mortuary at Ozoro, while the one that was injured, Mr.
Thompson Ogege had been taken to a nearby hospital.
Omejedo said the injured victim disclosed to them that
they were accosted by the Fulani herdsmen as they were
tapping their palmwine and opened fire on them in the
ensuing scuffle.
He said: “We have never had any problem with the
herdsmen because they have not been living in this
community.”
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