Reports reaching us suggestthat Fulani herdsmen and locals have been locked in a bloody clash since the wee hours of Friday, in Okada, Edo state.Okada is home to IgbinedionUniversity and due to the fracas, students have been advised to stay indoors while lectures have been canceled for the day.Okada youths set up a roadblock restricting movement around the villageas commercial motorcycles, vehicles continue to get torched.
“We heard gunshots earlier this morning. Classes have been canceled and students are advised to stay indoors. No word on the crux of the matter though”, Reports said.The clash is believed to havestemmed from the death of a65-year-old farmer killed by the Fulanis on his farmland and a reprisal attack that saw the Fulani settlement in the village razed down.
