Graphic: Woman raped and killed by suspected herdsmen, angry mob block Benin-Ore road

A woman was raped and killed by suspected herdsmen, leading to some angry youth mob to block the Benin-Ore Expressway.

On Tuesday, some youths in the Ofumwengbe community in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State blocked the Benin-Ore Expressway to protest the rape and gruesome killing of two women by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Okada junction.

This is Okada junction, Edo State Rear photo of the woman raped and killed by the same fulani herdsmen that wants to be vigilante in the East pic.twitter.com/ivOhxcKWwT

— Eromaleey Ero Egware🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 (@EroEgware1) June 26, 2019

Even the great Esama of Benin kingdom movement was put on hold because of the heavy riot. The government who can't protect her citizen na dogment pic.twitter.com/1IBKnvC7Rg

— Eromaleey Ero Egware🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 (@EroEgware1) June 26, 2019

The thief come to steal kill and destroy.

Video of a woman killed by Fulani militant called (Herdsmen) in #Edo state. I urge Nigerians to defend themselves in every means you can against terrorist.@realFFK @ShehuSani @seunokin @OvieOmoAgege @KadariaAhmed @MaziNnamdiKanu @UN @hrw pic.twitter.com/0uS4awh33f

— U C H E E Z O NY E (@uche_ezeonye) June 26, 2019

One of the victims was reported to have gone to her farm on Monday, failed to return, prompting the community to raise a search party for her.

According to a reports, the woman’s corpse was found on her farm with one of her arms and legs allegedly cut off by her assailants. It was gathered that the victim, who got married last year, was allegedly raped by the suspected herdsmen before she was killed.

Herdsmen in the area had fled for fear of being attacked by the youth. The angry youths took the body of the victim to the expressway, where a bonfire was made to protest her death. The protest, which caused a gridlock on the expressway, was later brought under control by security agents.

The state Commissioner of Police, DanMallam Muhammed, who confirmed the incident however said that it has not been ascertained how the woman died adding that there was no clash between the herdsmen and youths in the area.

“The youths blocked the road because a woman died in the farm and they alleged that it was herdsmen that killed her. They did not wait for police investigation but blocked the road and brought hardship on travellers who did not know anything about it. The woman went to the farm and this morning she was discovered dead. The youths suspected it was herdsmen that killed her but nobody saw the herdsmen killing her,” he said.

He warned youths not to embark on protest as hoodlums always hijack such protest to disturb the peace of the state.

There seems to be an upsurge of criminal activities by Fulani herdsmen in the area as a lady who shared the story said two of her friends were kidnapped and had to pay N3million and N10million as ransom.

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