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Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by zero8zero(op): 2:22pm On Feb 25, 2025
There is pandemonium in the agrarian Community of Okpekpe, Community Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, as suspected Herdsmen attacked and killed two residents of the community, causing tension in the locality.


The deceased, identified as Philip Batemue (aka Ebo), and another, Mr Christopher Bello, were killed Monday morning by suspected Fulani herders on their way to their farms.

The corpses of the victims were recovered by local vigilantes and deposited at a morgue just as the incident sparked tension.

The death of the two farmers was confirmed by the community’s Royal father, Onwuweko of Okpekpe, HRH Peter Osigbemeh, and the embattled chairman of the local government, Hon Benedicta Atoh.


Attoh, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ben Atu, expressed concern about the ongoing killing in the Okpekpe community of North Ibie Zone, saying if the State Government does not take immediate action to stop the killing, the community as a whole will be wiped out describing the killing as black Monday.

Meanwhile, the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on the people of Okpekpe Community and expressed disappointment over Senator Monday Okpebholo’s failure to live up to his primary responsibility as the state’s Chief Security Officer.

In a statement by PDP Publicity Secretariat, Chris Nehikhare, the partyaccused the governor of abandoning governance for needless jamborees to mark his 100 days in office without significant achievements.

At the same time, innocent Edo citizens are being slaughtered.

The statement reads: “We are deeply saddened by the heinous attack on the people of Okpekpe Community in Etsako East Local Government Area by suspected herdsmen, which led to the gruesome murder of two innocent citizens, Batemue Philip Ebo and Christopher Bello.

“We condemn this dastardly act in the strongest terms and send our heartfelt condolences to their families, loved ones, and the entire community during this difficult time.


When contacted, the Edo State Police Command Spokesperson, Moses Yamu, said that he would get back to journalists, but he had yet to do so as of the time of filing the report.
https://leadership.ng/suspected-herders-kill-2-in-edo-lga/

Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by zero8zero(op): 2:24pm On Feb 25, 2025
PDP is just a stupid party, politicizing loss of lives as if worse didn't happen under Obaseki.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by nairalanda1(m):
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1. All our leaders, from independence , have been great failures in management of land for Nigeria

2. IN 1963, we were less than 60 million people, today, we are 230 million people. Anyone can see a crisis happening with a growing population of both herdsmen and both farmers. Land that was even wild over 20 years ago, is now farmland. Tell me, won't fighting result.

3. I don't know what you think about global warming or not...but one thing is certain, the Sahara is expanding. That drives down a lot of people from the North to the South. Climate refugees...result, chaos

4. Libya falling in 2012 was very important. Ghaddafi was a thug, and an evil leader, but like Saddam did in Iraq, and Bashar did until recently in Syria....they were thugs that kept the peace and kept the wild tendencies in check. (I hate tribal stereotyping, but Arabs always tend to do well when their leaders get strongmanish. The Prophet of Islam was the first to organise them into an organised mass of people). ANd the Ghadman had a large LIbyan foreign legion. And that got disbanded...and hundreds of armed people carried their weapons home.

Add the fact that many Sahelian governments have for decades ignored the poverty and mess in the region, and you got a shitty situation. Then along comes some joker with his mind in the seventh century ad....

5. IN 1960, we was transporting cows by railways. (Like the Americans...the cowboys were guys who transported cows the same way fulanis did, and they occasionally got into fights with the native americans in the course of their duty.. THe era of the cowboys ended when the railways came in...). Of course the railways system depreciated until 1992 , when they finally crashed. Result...back to the old ways.

Which brings me to this point...why are people so insistent on archaic means of transporting cows? And haven't people heard of ranching? It's like NIgerians like to do ancient things or something.

6. Farming in Nigeria is so archaic, we can't feed ourselves, and have to import. (That is why APC Needs to send t-pain on a holiday to Brazil, not by himself o...lest he be tempted by the Ipanema babes...).Shifting cultivation doesn't work again. Less than 10% of farming in Nigeria is mechanized. We are so focused on rice...forgetting that we can't beat the thai and brazil people...who have the kind of environment that encourages rice growing 24/7/365. And we always get beaten up by these people. Yet,. we don't want to change our ways...

NO land conservation

7. Security.

We pay police one tenth of what New York the city pays its police to police 25 million people. And we expect our police to police 230 million people on a salary of less than 2 billion dollars us.

OK. o. Na so e be.

And anytime we suggest we increase taxes....WE ARE POOR.
Regulate mining...You are agbado
Increase electricity bills...YOU ARE AGBADO
Diversify the economy.....YOU WANT TO KEE OUR CHILDREN!

Make I dey look at you.

And the police performs as well as to be expected. And they also take bribes and steal to supplement their income.

But we are poor, we should have everything free of charge.

State police? When you cannot pay for a sane national police, you want state police? With all your broke ass states? And regions lest i forget?


8. We better face hard truths...and stop using this crisis to behave like latter day Nazi propagandaists, screaming about the Jew peril and the Gypsy peril. We better stop saying that we must follow the ways of our forefathers (yes this is for them Fulani Nigerians who think that roaming around is the way)...we better face hard truths and change.


Yes, we must change.

Rant over.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by whippersnapper(m): 2:28pm On Feb 25, 2025
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Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by lomprico(m): 2:29pm On Feb 25, 2025
zero8zero:
PDP is just a stupid party, politicizing loss of lives as if worse didn't happen under Obaseki.
So it's ok for herders to go about killing farmers because it happend under PDP?
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Paragon311(m): 2:29pm On Feb 25, 2025
With all the witches and wizards in Edo.......

Abeggy man up your territory if the government failed you....
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Shawarmagirl: 2:29pm On Feb 25, 2025
The governor has fulfilled his campaign promise to Edomites. RIP to the dead.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by omoredia: 2:30pm On Feb 25, 2025
Call them fulani herdsmen, bandits, boko haram, hamas or isis. They are all the same. They are Muslim terrorists
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by free2ryhme: 2:31pm On Feb 25, 2025
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Risingblue008(m): 2:31pm On Feb 25, 2025
Hzhhd

What's happening in my own Edo state?
Erama, help ur brother over there,
Don't go ve those invaders any breathing space,
Wipe dem out of Edo state as a whole

Nnnnonsense.
Evil doer,
This fulanis are just like the British
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by mytime24(f): 2:31pm On Feb 25, 2025
Rip to the dead


Shittima wil take care of security 🐄
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Ttipsy(f): 2:31pm On Feb 25, 2025
Edo Boys never get Una time
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Zulu11zulu: 2:31pm On Feb 25, 2025
The governor promised insecurity to Rdo people before they selected him so is not coincidence 🙄
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Hellisreal70: 2:31pm On Feb 25, 2025
zero8zero:
https://leadership.ng/suspected-herders-kill-2-in-edo-lga/
Herders killings no dey finish ni?
May God save good people for nigeria.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by favour32(m): 2:32pm On Feb 25, 2025
If Nigeria is not a mad country,how can the government allow people to be herding cattle from place to place in this recent time?
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Hellisreal70: 2:33pm On Feb 25, 2025
zero8zero:
PDP is just a stupid party, politicizing loss of lives as if worse didn't happen under Obaseki.
In other words are you saying worse should continue?
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by JuanDeDios: 2:34pm On Feb 25, 2025
Shawarmagirl:
The governor has fulfilled his campaign promise to Edomites. RIP to the dead.
Na you be Edomite. Say amen.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by NairalandVDM(m): 2:35pm On Feb 25, 2025
I swear, I have not seen any idiot Fulani herdsman or men that can kill me
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by omoredia: 2:36pm On Feb 25, 2025
Every APC politician is in agreement to support terrorists against the people. There is a clear trend
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by CodeTemplar: 2:38pm On Feb 25, 2025
Even with Tinubu in power and their brother, Buhari gone, hardly any progress in the Fulani debacle.

The concept of grazing should be killed off in the constitution. If you must graze, it must be your own field and not some imaginary bushes. Instead the govt is adopting Fulani businesses and trying to establish grazing reserves for them. Same govt that will tell us govt has no business owning or running businesses is the same govt attempting to adopt one out of about 200 ethnic group and sponsor/run their business for them. All with the tax and land of every other ethnic group.
The silly leaders at state level too, you wont see them advocate for laws to restrict the demonic open grazing instead it is creation of states and sharia that they are preoccupied with.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Exceed15: 2:40pm On Feb 25, 2025
zero8zero:
PDP is just a stupid party, politicizing loss of lives as if worse didn't happen under Obaseki.
Sick man
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by zero8zero(op): 2:44pm On Feb 25, 2025
Ttipsy:
Edo Boys never get Una time
Mouth.. if na babes matter dem go carry cutlass.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by iwaeda: 2:47pm On Feb 25, 2025
Why can't people defend themselves. grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by ASAPFERG: 2:47pm On Feb 25, 2025
Edo odion grin
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by smileyoo: 2:53pm On Feb 25, 2025
Exceed15:
Sick man
a real sick man indeed.
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by smyo(m): 3:00pm On Feb 25, 2025
NairalandVDM:
I swear, I have not seen any idiot Fulani herdsman or men that can kill me
Pray make them no come your way because those guys are wicked
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Pat081: 3:07pm On Feb 25, 2025
smyo:
Pray make them no come your way because those guys are wicked
Tell him sir
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Bendeco02: 3:10pm On Feb 25, 2025
Paragon311:
With all the witches and wizards in Edo.......

Abeggy man up your territory if the government failed you....
Witches and Wizard don't win war
Wars are won with physical tactics and brain work
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Pat081: 3:10pm On Feb 25, 2025
NairalandVDM:
I swear, I have not seen any idiot Fulani herdsman or men that can kill me
not by mouth sir ,4yrs old child with gun will give you order so pray that they should not come your way
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by Bendeco02: 3:13pm On Feb 25, 2025
NairalandVDM:
I swear, I have not seen any idiot Fulani herdsman or men that can kill me
Dey play

Bullet never enter your body before that's why you may not understand.

Fulani always take people unaware. They hardly fight or win direct war even with their suphiscated weapons
Re: Suspected Herders Kill 2 In Edo State by NGArmyTerrorist: 3:15pm On Feb 25, 2025
zero8zero:
PDP is just a stupid party, politicizing loss of lives as if worse didn't happen under Obaseki.
Leave pdpit alone, did herdsmen kill or they no kill?
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