Residents Protest Herdsmen Attack, Block Ughelli-PH Axis Of East-West Road
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Edith CHUKU
Residents of Uwheru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, are in distress over the incessant attack, allegedly by armed Fulani herdsmen in the area.
Most recent was the killing of an indigene of Uwheru town by armed herdsmen, on Monday morning.
The youth was said to have been killed in his farm. It is believed that his killing erupted the protest.
The angry women and youth blocked the Ughelli-Port Harcourt axis of the East-West Road with the corpse of the youth to express their grievances and seek the immediate intervention of the government.
They lamented that communities in Uwheru Kingdom have remained under constant attacks by herdsmen with tens of persons reportedly killed in the past.
Travellers plying the Uwheru section of Ughelli-Port Harcourt East-West Road were left stranded as the protesters blocked traffic flow.
It was gathered that the protesters also attacked vehicles and passengers who tried to force their way out of the gridlock caused by the protest.
It was further learnt that police operatives deployed to return normalcy were forced back by the protesters.
