An attack by some suspeceted herdsmen on the community of Onitsha Ukwuani in Ndokwa west local government area of Delta State on Sunday has left about three persons dead.
Trouble reportedly erupted when the herdsmen allowed their cattle to stray into the community farmlands, destroying a lot of crops in the process.
In an attempt to protect their farmlands from the suspected herdsmen, three villagers were killed and their bodies have been deposited in an undisclosed morgue.
Clashes between Fulani herdsmen and members of Ndokwa community have become a regular phenomenon as only recently, the people of Ogume in the same local government were said to have been allegedly attacked by the herdsmen.
The Commissioner of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, while confirming the incident said three persons were arrested, adding that the suspects were assisting the police in its investigation.
Usman noted that more police detectives have been dispatched to the community to forestall further breakdown of law and order.
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