Some members of the Osisa community, in Ndokwa-East local government area of Delta state reportedly launched a reprisal attack on Fulani herdsmen. This is coming few days after some women held the Secretary to Delta Government, Festus Ovie Agas, and other government officials hostage over alleged killing of their people by the herdsmen. Speaking to Daily Post, the secretary of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN, Mukhtar Usman, denied that members of the association killed any of the residents.
According to him, there was a conflict between some Fulanis and Osisa locals on Saturday, October 22, in which some people were injured.
“As I speak, some are in serious conditions, while cattle are missing. I told our members not to react but leave Osisa. I quickly called police deputy commissioner (operations) and the area commander. “They have sent police teams to Osisa to look for the cattle. That is the situation at the moment. We are appealing for calm as we hope to douse the tension events of the last few days has caused.” When contacted, the acting police spokesman, Andrew Animaka, dismissed the claims that there was no reprisal attack in Osisa. He said aside the alleged impunity by Fulani herdsmen and protest by a few women from the community, the place is calm and quiet. Fulani herdsmen have wrecking havoc in various communities across the country. Following their attacks, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state decided to take drastic action. He inaugurated of the Ekiti Grazing Enforcement Marshals (EGEM), saying herdsmen caught grazing beyond 6pm risk a six-month jail term.
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