A law maker in the Delta state house of
assembly, on Monday, said he is battling to
hold back tears following the killings,
kidnapping and assaulting of farmers by
gun-wielding Fulani herdsmen in Abraka,
the university town of Delta state.
The law maker, Evance Ochuko Iwurie,
representing Ethiope east in the state house
of assembly, said his heart is bleeding as he
sees his kinsmen and parents being killed
by Fulani herdsmen who have taken over
the area from the ancestral owners of the
farmlands.
Following the killings by the herdsmen,
Iwurie has called on President
Muhammadu Buhari and heads of security
agencies to come to the rescue of his
constituents over the killings, kidnapping
and destruction of farmlands by the
herdsmen in Abraka, Eku and Igun
communities in the local government area.

Ivwurie, who made the call during a press
conference at the Palace of Ovie of Abraka
Kingdom, HRM Akpomeyoma Majoroh,
Ojeta II, at Abraka, felt disappointed over
the action, even as he condemned the cold
hands with which the security agencies are
handling the activities of the marauding
Fulani herdsmen.
Hon. Ivwurie said: “It is with sadness that I
call on President Muhammadu Buhari to
stop the unwarranted and provocative
killings of our kinsmen by AK47- armed
Fulani herdsmen.
“The people of Ethiope east have kept their
records, documented and have regularly in
the past dutifully reported tens of incidence
of killings, kidnapping and destruction of
farmlands by these invading Fulani
herdsmen to the federal government.
“W have also reported to the Nigeria police
and other security agencies, yet no single
person has been prosecuted and no action
has been taken to investigate any of the
killings and to save the lives of my
constituents.
“We have very serious business in our
hands; this matter must be in the front
burner and we call on the federal
government of Nigeria to come to our aid.
“These invasions by the Fulani herdsmen
cannot push us out of our God given and
sacred land. Our right is our right and we
are ready to do everything possible to
protect the rights of our constituents,”

He faulted the claims by the Delta state
police public relations officer (PPRO), Mr.
Andrew Aniamaka, that Abraka is
temporarily inhabited by a minimal
number of herdsmen and that the
herdsmen are living peacefully with the
Abraka communities, describing it as a fat
lie.

Hon. Ivwurie asked: “ Does it mean that
those who invade our farmlands, destroy
our crops and kill our people are ghosts?
"Our farmers are dead scare to venture into
their farmlands which is occupied by over
ten thousand cows and over two thousand
Fulani herdsmen with sophisticated
weapons, our farmers and people are afraid
to carry out farming activities which has
resulted in shortage of farm produce and
increase in the prices of farm produce.
“The police command and DSS have neither
visited the areas to see things for
themselves nor investigated any of the
gruesome killings, maiming and kidnapping
cases reported by my constituents.
“This is the sad story of Ethiope east people
today. The most painful thing is to live a life
that you don’t want to live.
“As I speak, my heart is bleeding; I am
shedding tears struggling to hold back. I
saw this morning many victims’ families and
children whose fathers and mothers have
been killed by the herdsmen, children
without fathers and mothers, wives without
husbands and husbands without wives,
children whose parent went to their farm
and never returned as a result of killings by
these Fulani herdsmen in their own
ancestral and sacred land. "

Ivwurie stated that the media as the
strongest force in the society has the duty
to reveal the killings and developments in
Ethiope east and the conspiracy of silence
by the federal government and the Nigerian
security to the whole world.