Two days ago and precisely on 19 February 2018, three Fulani Herdsmen accosted Mrs. Patricia Okpako on her way to her farm in Abraka- Ethiope East LGA Of Delta State and attempted to rape her. All her appeal that she is going through severe menstrual pain fell on deaf ears until she used her blood-soaked pad to rub the face of one of the rapist and managed to escaped with some injuries.
Yesterday 21 February 2018, Mr and Mrs. Happy Akpomiemie went to their Cassava farm with their 16 years old son Elvis Akpomieme. While peeling the cassava they just uprooted at about 4pm, they saw many cows and herdsmen heading close to them and they became apprehensive and Mr Happy Akpomieme immediately told his wife and son that this may just be their last day.
They were immediately accosted by the gun wielding herdsmen and the father told the son Elvis to escape and as Elvis began to run, the mother Mrs. Patience Akpomieme a 36 years old Housewife and farmer followed the son and immediately the son heard a loud gun shot fired to the mother from her back and three other gun shots followed immediately.
Elvis escaped lying in the bush from 4pm till 10pm when he managed to get the news to the town. His mother also escaped with severe gun injuries scattering her thigh. She was refferes by the Government Hospital, Abraka to the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara where she is now gasping for breath.
We have also just a few moment ago discovered the corpse of Mr. Happy Akpomieme 56 years old farmer from Urhuoka Abraka and father of 11 children riddled with bullet from the Fulani herdsmen.
Today is one of the saddest day for us in Ethiope East and Delta State and I am personally fed up with this Fulani Herdsmen politics ‘our President and some political elects of the country who are behind this killing and have failed to take a solid measure to stop the killing’ must know that we have decided to resort to self help.
The President and the Politicians behind these Herdsmen must be ready to kill me and all our constituents because we are going to defend ourselves henceforth.
The Federal Government of Buhari that is behind this havoc and have refused to take measures and strategies to curb it should now be ready.
I want the general public to know that Federal Governments is killing our people in Ethiope East and they have killed 12 people in 2 and half years through their Fulani headsmen and we the people of Ethiope East have said enough is enough today- we are resorting to self help.
