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Two farmers at Ubulu Okiti, community, Aniocha South Local Government Area, Delta State, have been reportedly shot dead by suspected herdsmen
The farmers, identified as Okwuoma and Isichei on on Thursday evening, reportedly had an altercation with the herdsmen grazing in the area, who encroached their farmland destroying cassava, maize and other crops.
The report said one of the herdsmen was apprehended while others who ran away, mobilised and returned to kill the farmers in their farmland
A source said “There was an altercation between the farmers and some herdsmen grazing in the area, encroaching into farms even the victims’ farms.
”While in the process of getting them out of the farms, one of the herdsmen was apprehended. Others that ran away mobilised, came back and got the farmers killed”.
The corpses of the deceased had been deposited in a mortuary, while the matter had been reported to security agencies, according to the source
the incident has been confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the State Command, Mr. Bright Edafe.
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