Man Who Tried Stopping Herdsmen From Raping His Wife Killed In Delta

A 54-year-old man has been killed for trying to stop suspected Fulani herdsmen from raping his wife in Edjekota village, Delta State.

Anthony Ejabare, who is said to be a pipeline guard in the state, was killed after trying to stop his wife’s rape on her farmland by the herdsmen.

The incident which occurred in Ughelli North Local Government was said to have sparked outrage among angry villagers who attempted to take Ejabare’s corpse to the palace of the ruler of Ogor Kingdom, an act considered a sacrilege.

“Efforts to take the corpse into the palace were resisted by chiefs, leading to a clash, until the Police intervened,” Vanguard quoted one of the villagers saying.

The newspaper also quoted an anonymous source in the Ugheli Police Area Command as saying, “From the statement given by widow, who is the witness, she was accosted by an armed herdsman who asked her to put down the cassava stems she carried on her head in an attempt to rape her else he was going to shoot her.

“While she was pleading with the gunman, her husband, who was stationed as a guard in a pipeline close to her farm, walked into them and upon sighting the husband, the assailant shot him and fled into the bush,” said the source.