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GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has described activities of the herdsmen as threat to national security. Obaseki made the observation when he visited the families of two women, who were raped and killed by herdsmen in Ewu, Esan Central Local Government Area.
The governor opined that the suspected herdsmen who raped and killed women in the state were terrorists, who fled from the North-East.
Nevertheless, Obaseki assured the people that his administration would deal with the menace within the next few weeks and that he had ordered security to be beefed up in the area from the boundaries of Kogi State.
“In a matter of weeks, we are coming out with certain measures to stop these attacks. We will rely on timely accurate information from all communities. I am going to see the inspector general of Police on this matter. Don’t be scared of going to your farms. We have stepped up security in this area,from Kogi State”,he said. The governor promised that autopsy would be conducted on the corpses of the two women.
The two elderly deceased women, identified as Christiana Ariu from Eko-Ojeme quarters and Matina Emonyon from Uzogolo quarters, both in Ewu community, were, last week, raped and killed in their various farms by suspected herdsmen.
— Jun 12, 2017 @ 01:00 GMT
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