Suspected Fulani militants have laid siege to Umeh Community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, unleashing mayhem on residents of the area.
The Trumpet Newspaper gathered that a group of suspected Fulani herders occupy the surrounding bushes in the community, preventing residents from accessing their farms.
The situation took a dangerous turn recently as the armed group emerged from the bushes to attack motorcycle riders along the Umeh bridge.
A community leader and lawyer, Duncan Afahokor, said that recently, one of the community’s youths was shot multiple times in the leg without any provocation, leaving the community in a state of panic.
Afahokor, in a Facebook post, narrated how the incessant attacks have resulted in the community’s inability to tend to their crops, including pepper, cassava and plantain.
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He said that the situation is further exacerbated by the group’s presence on the roads, making it difficult for people to move around.
He said that the community is now living in fear of the violence spreading into the community itself if urgent help does not arrive.
Meanwhile the President General of the community Chief Dennis Akwakwa has also called on the Isoko South Local Government Council chairman and security agencies to come out with an action plan to tackle the situation.
Similar attacks have been reported in other communities, particularly the persistent suspected Fulani herdsmen’s attacks on Uwheru, Edjekota, Event, Ohoro communities along the East-West Corridors of Delta State.
