Three persons were killed and a dozen others were injured on farms in the Sobe village of the Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
According to information obtained by Nigerian Tribune, among those slain were a pastor and two of his employees who were working on the farm on March 4, 2023, when the herders attacked them.
Journalists were informed by a source that the most recent attack on the agrarian hamlet was the fifth in a string of herdsmen assaults since the murderous herders started their initial assault in January 2023.
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“Fulani herdsmen in the region have resumed their animosity towards the residents of the Sobe village in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, and they have now experienced another attack.
A pastor and two of his workers were killed while they were working in their farm land around Eti Oseh Road, which links to Saboginda Ora,” the source said.
Effort of the Edo State Security Network to rescue the victims before they died proved abortive as the herdsmen numbering 40 open fire on the rescue team and most of them escaped with various degree of bullet injuries.
“We call on Edo State governor led by Governor Godwin Obaseki and Edo State commissioner of police and her sister agencies to beef up security in Sobe community.
“This is the fifth time Sobe will be suffering deadly attacks from Fulani herdsmen this year. Most people living in the suburbs of the community has since left their homes while most farmers have relocated from the community,” the source added.
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