Suspected herdsmen have killed three farmers after invading Toru Angiama community in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State
It was gathered that many farmers were also abducted during the attack.
The herdsmen were said to have killed one Mr Dennis, his son and one other person while they were working on their farm.
According to PUNCH, the deceased were slain while trying to fend off the gun-toting herdsmen and their cattle from grazing and destroying crops on their farms.
A former president of the Ijaw Youth Council, Dr Chris Ekiyor, who hails from Patani Local Government Area, appealed for calm among members of the community advising them not to take laws into their own hands.
He also called on the government and security agencies to fish out the killers.
Ekiyor urged the state government to address the issue of insecurity in the area so as to forestall any further crisis.
It was further gathered that, the indigenes of the LGA, particularly parents, have continually expressed concern over the level of security risk on farmers, posed by the influx of herders into the community.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, could not ascertain if a report of any such incident was formally lodged to the command.
Edafe said, “I can’t remember any matter like this please,” PUNCH reports.