Thousands of travelers were stranded on Wednesday, after aggrieved
women, numbering over 100 barricaded the East-West Road, over what they termed
the incessant killing, raping of indigenes by armed Fulani herdsmen.
The protesting women from Ohorhor community, Ughelli North Local
Government Area of Delta State besieged and barricaded the busy road with
planks of wood, leaves, tires and chairs.
Travelers, including the
Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5, Abubakar Mohammed, who was
traveling to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for an official assignment, were
trapped in the gridlock.
All efforts to vacate the
road by the AIG and travelers en route to Port Harcourt could not yield any
fruitful results, as the women insisted that unless federal government takes
concrete steps to address the herdsmen attacks, they would remain on the road.
One of the women leaders,
who spoke with SaharaReporters, disclosed that the community has lost over 10
souls to the armed herdsmen while over 15 women, some of whom were pregnant,
have been raped in the bush by the herdsmen.
The protesting women therefore issued a four-day ultimatum to the Fulani herdsmen to leave their community bush.
The protesting women therefore issued a four-day ultimatum to the Fulani herdsmen to leave their community bush.
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