Herdsmen invades village in edo

– Four agrarian villages in Edo state allege that Fulani mercenaries carrying sophisticated guns, bows and arrows, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons have invaded their communities

– The village elders allege that the Fulani mercenaries were brought to the community by a multi-national firm, Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc

– They allege that the Okomu Oil Palm Company plots to use the foreign mercenaries to attack, kill and maim defenceless people

Four agrarian villages in Edo state have raised alarm over what they describe as an invasion of their communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Fulani herdsmen have been accused of carrying out attacks on several communities across Nigeria.
The elders of the villages, namely Orhua, Oke, Umokpe and Ekpan in Irhue Clan, in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo alleged that the Fulani mercenaries carrying sophisticated guns, bows and arrows, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons were brought to the community by a multi-national firm, Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, Leadership reports.

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