Suspected arms-wielding Fulani herdsmen have beheaded a motorcycle rider,
identified as Udoka Ossai, and six farmers, indigenes of Ossissa community in
Ndokwa East area of Delta State.
Local community sources said the incident occurred at about 6.30pm on
Thursday evening when the okada rider went to drop a passenger at Ossissa
Junction along the Ughelli/Asaba Expressway, while the farmers were ambushed on
their way home.
Ossai, said to be in his late 20s, was returning after dropping the
passenger at the roadside when the herdsmen who had been having a running
battle with local farmers in the community struck.
According to Punch, the herdsmen, after beheading the deceased, fled the
area before community youths could hunt for them.
After the incident, some aggrieved community youths recovered Ossai’s body,
then proceeded to the Ashaka Divisional Police Station to dump the corpse at
about 8:15pm, while others went in search of the killers.
An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said, “Udoka Ossai and the six
farmers were attacked near Ossissa Junction. Udoka was slaughtered on the
throat. Before I could draw the attention of villagers to the scene, he was
already dead.
“Our youths who mobilised to the bush in search of the killers could not
see the herdsmen who had already fled the area. They could not go far for the
search because it was already dark. They recovered the corpses and dumped them
at the police station at Ashaka. Over 40 of our people have been killed since
last year owing to herdsmen attacks.”
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