There is tension in Edo state as scores of persons with some of them dressed in military uniform and suspected to be Fulani herdsman have reportedly invaded a farming community known as 2nd Abumere Ojigbelu Camp in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State and chased the villagers away.
They are also alleged to have taken over their farms, homes and properties.
Some of the villagers have run away for their lives and now taking refuge in other communities around Okada narrates their ordeal.
The armed men were said to have been chased away from the Okada area from where they ran to near Benin City.
One of the displaced farmers who incidentally is from Taraba State, Mr Mattu Alli, said: I am short of words to explain what I witnessed, yesterday (2nd) in our community.
“I have been here for the past 20 years with my family farming. I was in my compound with my family when we started to hear the sound of guns and people running to different directions, I saw one Benin man running towards my compound.
“I asked him where are you running to and he said herdsmen have taken over the village chasing people away from their houses.
“So I called my wife and we had to run for our lives. I did not see my children. Every one of us ran in different directions. As I speak to you now, I don’t know the whereabouts of my wife and children.
