A source in the Abia Police State Command said some Fulani herdsmen had threatened to attack the village soon if their cows, allegedly stolen by the villagers, were not produced, reported the Nigeria Political Economist.
According to a member of the village, trouble started on the eve of Christmas when a group of herdsmen stormed the village, threatening to raid the village if they failed to locate their missing cows.
The source said after the warning, the herdsmen in the wee hours of the following day, invaded farmlands in the village with their cattle, destroying a lot of crops in the process. It was gathered that farmlands in the village had come under incessant attacks by cows of the herdsmen while complaints by the villagers had fallen on deaf ears.
The source added that after a few days, the herdsmen came to the village again, this time with some policemen, alleging that they were searching for one of the cattle breeders, a young boy.
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