Armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have reportedly
killed a middle-aged woman in Ekpoma, Esan South-West Local
Government Area of Edo State.

The incident was said to have occurred at Ukpenu on Wednesday,
several weeks after two women were killed by herdsmen in Ewu.


It was learnt that the victim, said to be pregnant, had been
accosted on her way to a farm by the attackers.
The assailants were said to have raped her before she was killed.
A source in the area said that the woman also had her head
severed by the herdsmen.



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It was learnt that the incident angered some youths in the area
who barricaded a major road with burning tyres to protest the
murder of the woman.



“Suspected Fulani people raped and beheaded a pregnant woman
in Ekpoma, Edo State. So, there is a protest now at Ukpenu,
Ekpoma,” the source said.
“It happened today (Wednesday). People went to their farms and
the woman was accosted, raped and beheaded,” the source
added.



The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Moses Nkombe, could not
be reached for comments on Wednesday evening as calls put
across to his telephone line rang out.
He had yet to respond to a text message sent to him as of press
time.
However, there have been several complaints about the alleged
criminal activities of herdsmen in the state, a development that
prompted the state House of Assembly to formulate a grazing bill
which passed its second reading on
Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the member representing Egor and Ikpoba-Okha
constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Mr.
Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, has called for the prohibition of open
grazing in the state.
Agbonayinma, in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House,
Dr. Justin Okonoboh, urged the assembly to take drastic
measures to check the movement of herdsmen and protect lives
and property in the state.

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