What Youths In Delta State Did To Fulani Herdsmen And Their Cows

Posted by: tony in News Feb 2, 2018

Report has it that about six herdsmen were on Thursday rescued by community leaders at Torugbene community in Delta state after the community youths reportedly staged an alleged reprisal attack on some farmers by the herdsmen in the community.

8 cows belonging to the herdsmen were said to have been killed by the youths over what they described as the continuous destruction of their farm produce by the grazing herd, Vanguard reports.

Sources also disclosed to Vanguard that the herdsmen had tried to attack a female farmer who raised the alarm, drawing the attention of her sons and other youths of the community who came to her rescue. One of the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity had this to say: �They invaded the woman’s farm and when she accosted them on the rationale for their actions, they attacked her, leading to a confrontation with youths from the community who mobilised to the farm to rescue the woman.

�It took the intervention of elders of the community who intervened and rescued the herdsmen from being lynched, but unfortunately, 8 of their herds were killed while the impasse lasted”