Ekiti: Fulani herdsmen kill pregnant woman in farm settlement
Community sources have confirmed the death of a pregnant woman, who was killed by suspected herdsmen in a farm settlement at Orin community in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The woman who’s said to be a Tiv from Benue State was reportedly killed, as a form of retaliation after a Fulani man was murdered in Oke-Ako.
A report has it that the incident happened, barely 24 hours after Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State summoned a peace meeting between the Fulani and Benue people in Ekiti State, where he warned against retaliatory attacks which may result in deaths in Ekiti.
The killing came despite efforts by Governor Ayodele Fayose to prevent a reprisal, which he preached at a meeting on Tuesday night with representatives of the Fulani and Tiv communities in the state.
Fayose had called for peace among the citizenry of the state, whereas the meeting had agreed that more stakeholders would be invited to ensure peace.