DELTA: ONE KILLED AS FULANI HERDSMEN INVADE ISOKO COMMUNITY

Tension and fear gripped Okpolo/ Enhwe communities in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State at the weekend following alleged killing and shooting of two indigenes by Hausa/Fulani herdsmen who invaded the communities. One Mr Alagbi was said to have been shot, while Mr Abraham Kwueku was murdered.

According to an indigene, who chatted on phone, the herdsmen attacked Okpolo/ Enhwe communities at about 10pm. The source, who pleaded anonymity, revealed that Kwueku’s lifeless body had been deposited in an undisclosed mortuary, while Alagbi was receiving treatment in hospital.

It was however, gathered that this is the fourth time the Hausa/Fulani herdsmen have invaded the communities. It was gathered that the swift intervention of the acting chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, Delta State chapter, and chairman, Isoko South Local Government Area, Sir Itiako Ikpokpo, who called in men of the Nigerian Army, brought the situation under control and restored peace in the communities.

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