Eight Days After Wedding Farmer Was Killed By Suspected Fulani Herdsmen

 

Egbe, in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State was yesterday thrown into pandemonium after violence erupted following the killing of a farmer on Wednesday by alleged Fulani herdsmen.

An eyewitness, Mr. Tope Kekereawo, said the deceased, whose name was simply given as John, was killed in his farm at about 8 am, just eight days after his wedding.

According to Kekereawo who disclosed that he shared farm demarcation with the deceased, he had gone to the farm with the late John and they had a brief argument with the herdsmen they found on their farms, after which they all departed.

He said the deceased had complained about cows eating up his farm products and warned the herdsmen who were two in number to depart.

“However, five minutes after, I was working in my farm when I heard John crying