Fulani herdsmen strike again on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria
Fulani herdsmen – An okada rider was Monday stabbed by two Fulani herdsmen on the long bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.Reports has it that Mr. Owolabi Habib (victim), had picked his assailants at Berger, Lagos, who posed as passengers.
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The hoodlums had told him they were going to New Kara, Ogun State, located around the long bridge.
Fulani are a nomadic peoples who have been influential in regional politics, economics, and histories throughout western Africa for over a thousand years – UIOWA
A source within Habib’s family said, “As soon as they got near their destination and Owolabi(Habib) slowed down, one of the men pulled out a long knife and stabbed him in the stomach.
“Habib told us that he abandoned his okada and fled to save himself. But the stab was so deep that his intestine came out.”
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