PANDEF demands South-South security outfit as suspected herdsman kills 26-year-old man
The Punch
Published 28 June 2021
THE people of Egbede community in the Ogba/Egbrma/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have cried out over the continued invasion of their farmlands by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
They alleged that one of their sons, 26-year-old Nonye Nwa-Omoku, was shot dead by a herdsman in the community last Thursday without any provocation.
An eyewitness, who claimed he escaped death by the whisker, said the incident occurred in the evening, when they saw a herder approaching their direction.
According to him, “We don’t even know what happened; we just saw the Fulani man coming towards us. Next thing, he shot at my direction, I dodged,