The Delta
State police command has denied the claim that Fulani herdsmen have invaded the
state capital, Asaba, using speedboat through the River Niger.
Spokesman of
the command, Andrew Aniemeka, in a statement made available to The Guardian
said it was a social media rumour.
According to
Aniemeka, “the attention of command has been drawn to a video circulating on
social media to the effect that some Fulani herdsmen arrived Asaba by three
flying boats through the River Niger and that they were seen with suspected
firearms.
“The command
wishes to state that on Sunday, January 21, around 3:00p.m., some herdsmen
arrived Asaba bank of the River Niger in three flying boats with their cattle.
On receipt
of the information, members of the Committee on Herdsmen/Farmers recently inaugurated
by the command, led by its chairman, Chief Cassidy N. Iloba, Senior Special
Assistant on Security to the governor, interrogated the herdsmen, and
thereafter returned to Kogi State where they came from.
“None of the
herdsmen was found with firearms. One Alhaji Katti, who has been a resident
herder in the area for the past three decades, is the only one remaining there.
He has however been warned not to harbour any migrant herdsmen forthwith.
“Meanwhile,
the command in conjunction with Herdsmen/Farmers Committee is working towards
ensuring peaceful coexistence between herders and farmers in Delta”
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