Delta State, Nigeria: Guns recovered, cows shot dead as police, vigilante and fulani herdsmen clash in Okpara

Delta State, Nigeria: Guns recovered, cows shot dead as police, vigilante and fulani herdsmen clash in Okpara

Posted on 13th Apr 2014  HOT NEWS.

Barely few weeks after the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan urged traditional Rulers in the State to be vigilant over activities of Fulani herdsmen in the state, a major incident which could have degenerated into casualties on both sides occurred recently at Okpara Inland in Ethiope East Local Government Area, when some heavily armed Fulani herdsmen clashed with men of the Isiokolo Police Division and members of the Okpara Vigilante, led by Mr Voke Ubuara.


Author: Onome Igben
 Barely few weeks after the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan urged traditional Rulers in the State to be vigilant over activities of Fulani herdsmen in the state, a major incident which could have degenerated into casualties on both sides occurred recently at Okpara Inland in Ethiope East Local Government Area, when some heavily armed Fulani herdsmen clashed with men of the Isiokolo Police Division and members of the Okpara Vigilante, led by Mr Voke Ubuara.
According to an eye witness report , the gun duel which continued unabated for some minutes left some cows dead, two AK-47 Riffles recovered, just as the rampaging herdsmen flee and are still at large till this moment. Our investigation revealed that some boys from the community had gone into the bush to kill rabbit and in the process, when they were digging the hole of the rabbit, close to the Fulani herdsmen's settlement, they allegedly saw some Guns and Bullets which made one of them to rush into town to inform members of the Okpara Vigilante.
We learnt that before storming the scene with his men, the Okpara vigilante Chairmen, Mr Voke Ubuara had called the DPO at Isiokolo to intimate him of the incident.
On getting to the scene, the herdsmen who were said to be heavily armed with sophisticated guns were said to have opened fire on the Police and Vigilante teams led by the DPO Supol Iwok Ndifreke Ntafiong.
In the gun duel that ensued, some Cows were said to have been gunned down while the superior firing of the combined team of Police and Vigilante overpowered the herdsmen and fled the scene. According to our source, two AK-47 Riffles were recovered from the gunmen.
When contacted in a brief interview, the Okpara Vigilante Chairman, Mr Voke Ubuara confirmed the incident and said the Police is already on top of the matter. As at the time of filing in this report, all efforts to get the Isiokolo Police Divisional Police Officer (DPO) on phone proved abortive.   

Delta State, Nigeria: Guns recovered, cows shot dead as police, vigilante and fulani herdsmen clash in Okpara


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