The Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has ordered the deployment of more security operatives in the Ovia-South West Local Government Area of the state following recent assaults on seven agricultural communities within the area.
Papers News reports that the recent violent attack resulted in the tragic loss of 22 lives and extensive property damage.
Governor Okpebholo has expressed his strong condemnation of the events where two farmers, Batemue Philip Ebo and Christopher Bello, in the Okpekpe community of Etsako East Local Government Area, were tragically murdered allegedly by suspected herdsmen.