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Policemen Send Unidentified Herdsmen Packing From Delta

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Herdsmen and their cattle. (File Photo)

Unidentified herdsmen who tried gaining access to Delta State from Kogi State, have been turned back by the Security Committee on Herdsmen and Farmers recently constituted by the Police Command in the state.

This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday in Asaba by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka.

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He however denied claims on social media that the herdsmen were carrying weapons.

Aniamaka disclosed the committee swung into action following the viral spread of the video on social media which alleged that some armed herdsmen had arrived Asaba through the River Niger.

The Police spokesperson also appealed to members of the public to communicate directly with security agencies rather than taking to social media to reveal such information which may lead to unnecessary panic.

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“The attention of Delta State Police Command has been drawn to a video circulating on the social media to the effect that some herdsmen have arrived Asaba by three flying boats through the River Niger.

“The viral video had alleged that the herdsmen were seen with suspected firearms.

“However, the command wishes to state here that on Sunday, 21st January, 2018 at about 3 p.m., some herdsmen actually arrived Asaba bank of the River Niger in three flying boats with their cattle.

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“On receipt of the information, members of the State Committee on Herdsmen/ Farmers recently inaugurated by the Police Command swung into action and intercepted the herdsmen.

“The committee, led by its chairman Chief Cassidy Iloba, who is a Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Governor, interrogated the herdsmen.

“Thereafter, they were returned to Kogi State where they came from,’’ Aniamaka said.

Speaking further, Aniamaka confirmed that the only herder left in the area is Alhaji Katti, who has been resident in the area for over three decades and has been warned to desist from harbouring any unidentified migrant herdsmen in the area forthwith.