Scores injured as Fulani herdmen attacked another community in Abia
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Fulani herdsmen invaded and attacked another community, Ozu Item in Bende local government area of Abia state with scores of farmers sustaining life threatening injuries.
Crops worth several thousands of naira belonging to Ozu Item farmers were also destroyed by the herdsmen and their cattle. Current Secretary to Abia state Government (SSG), Dr. Eme Okoro is from the community and he has roundly condemned the invasion and attack.
According to report by Vanguard, the attacks by herdsmen in the state seemed to have defied solution from both the state government and the police in state. Some victims of the deadly attack were taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Umuahia while several others were taken to private hospitals for treatment. At the Federal Medical Centre, one of the victims, Mr. Sunday Oru, 40, who had a fractured right arm and chopped fingers was still wreathing in pains at the accident and emergency ward. Oru told reporters that the herdsmen invaded their farmlands, plundered their crops including rice, cassava, okro and plantain and fed their cattle with them.
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