Less than twenty four hours after Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose warned against reprisal attacks following the killing of a Fulani man in the state earlier in the week, suspected herdsmen on Thursday killed a pregnant woman at Orin, a community in Ido/Osi local government area of the state.
The woman believed to be a Tiv from Benue state, was shot dead at a farm settlement in the area.
“The woman was eight-month pregnant. The herdsmen shot her inside her farm,” according to a report in TheCable.
The police have not issued a statement on the incident but Lere Olayinka, spokesman of Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, confirmed that a pregnant woman was killed.
Olayinka said it is suspected to be a robbery attack.
“I don’t think they are herdsmen. It appears like a robbery attack.”
This followed the killing of a Babuga Dengi, a Fulani herdsman, based in Ekiti.
Fayose had said preliminary investigation showed that Benue indigenes in the state were responsible for the death.