Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed a middle-aged man, Mr Danjuma Emokpaire, at his farm in Edo State.
reporter experiences that the incident occurred in Ubune-Ivbiaro neighborhood, in Owan-East Native Authorities Space of Edo State, on Friday, March 8, 2024.
Locals who spoke to reporter on telephone mentioned the deceased was attacked by the armed males whereas leaving the farm after the day’s work.
The residents, who mentioned they noticed the person going to farm on Friday, disclosed that he mentioned he was going to plant yam seedlings.
They added that they had been frightened when he was not seen at dwelling on Saturday morning.
“This morning, he was not seen round. This prompted some individuals to go to his home and located it locked from the entrance.
“So, we’ve got to mobilize and go to the farm to seek for him. Sadly, what was seen was sudden.
“We discovered him useless. What we see across the scene of the incident indicated that he was attacked and killed whereas on his motorbike. There was no signal that there was confrontation between him and people who killed him.
“The motorcycle was broken; his cutlass and cell phone had been taken away by the murderers,” a supply in the neighborhood mentioned.
He added that the incident had been reported to the Afuze Divisional Police Station.
Additionally talking, a member of vigilante group in the neighborhood, Abdul Saliu Emokpaire, mentioned the person’s corpse was introduced dwelling for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
Emokpaire, who known as on the safety businesses and the Edo State Authorities to come back to the help of the neighborhood, famous that the individuals at the moment are afraid to go to their farms for concern of being attacked by herdsmen.
“We name on safety businesses within the state and Governor Godwin Obaseki that we mourning one in all our illustrious sons whose life was minimize brief by evil males who known as themselves herdsmen.
“That is farming season, and that is the time the individuals of the neighborhood, who’re predominantly farmers, are making ready land for cultivation. Fears have gripped the neighborhood. We at the moment are afraid to go to our numerous farms,” he added.
A senior police officer within the Afuze Divisional Police Headquarters confirmed the incident to reporter.
The officer, who most popular anonymity as a result of he was not authorised to talk with the media, mentioned officers had been drafted to the neighborhood.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, mentioned he’s but to be briefed concerning the improvement.
However mentioned he would convey the data to the eye of the State Commissioner of Police, CP Funsho Adegboye.
reporter recollects that a couple of years in the past, suspected herdsmen raped a married girl within the presence of her husband within the farm.
