- According to reports, the victim, who had gone to her farm on Monday, failed to return, prompting the community to raise a search party for her. The woman’s corpse was found on her farm with one of her arms and legs allegedly cut off by her assailants.
Some youths in the Ofumwengbe community in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, on Tuesday, blocked the Benin-Ore Expressway to protest the death of a yet-to-be-identified woman, who was allegedly raped and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
According to reports, the victim, who had gone to her farm on Monday, failed to return, prompting the community to raise a search party for her. The woman’s corpse was found on her farm with one of her arms and legs allegedly cut off by her assailants.
It was gathered that the victim, who got married last year, was allegedly raped by the suspected herdsmen before she was killed. Also, it was gathered that herdsmen in the area had fled for fear of being attacked by the youth.
The angry youths took the body of the victim to the expressway, where a bonfire was made to protest her death.
The protest, which caused a gridlock on the expressway, was later brought under control by security agents.
