Tension In Port Harcourt As Herdsmen Prepare To Launch Deadly Attack

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.

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.
Rev. Isaac Anyanasikike who is the chairman of CAN said in a statement read on Wednesday, June 15 that the herdsmen were already acquiring lands for grazing in some communities and intimidating land owners.
He said the presence of the herdsmen was already causing in the communities