By joshua 
BY IKHILI EBALU, BENIN CITY.
Security agencies in Edo State have intervened into herders and farmers disagreement in Edo Community.
The move was in response to a reported threat by some migrant herders to farmers on Sunday in 2nd Abumwenre Camp in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the State over the scramble for farm produce.
A joint security team, comprising the Nigeria Army and the Nigeria police on a media tour to the multi-ethnic Camp on Tuesday, assured the people of security of lives and property.
The spokesman of the Nigeria police, Edo State Command, SP. Kotongs Bello, revealed that a team of security personnel would be deployed to the area to prevent breakdown of law and order in the locality.
Kotongs spoke in behalf of the State Commissioner of police, CP. Phillip Ogbadu, represented by Assistant Commissioner of police, Ekiadolor Area Command, Badaru Wase while an Army Major Isah represented the 4-Brigade Commander at the meeting.
Briefing newsmen, CP Ogbadu said investigation into the reported sack of some residents of 2nd Abumwenre Camp by herders has started, adding that the use of fireworks by certain persons in the area might have provoked the herders in the area to come out of bushes to sound a note of caution to the farmers.
“The Commissioner of police, Phillip Ogbadu and the State governor, Godwin Obaseki and the 4-Brigade Commander after listening to the news that the residents of the community were sacked, directed his men to join us.
“There is no house that has been burnt by Fulani herdsmen, people are still living.
“We want to assure the Community and residents of Edo State and the State government has decided to sent a delegation to douse the tension and ensure people are safe
“The work of every security personnel is to protect lives and property.We will continue to patrol around to ensure sanity is restored in the Community”, according to him.
In a remark, the leader of 2nd Abumwenre Camp, Mr. Solomon Omoragbon said he was in Benin City when the herders came to issue the stern warning to the people.
“They instructed us not to ring our bell anymore and we should bring out any vigilante out, stop setting fire at night. Vigilante in the area should stop shooting guns.
“I haven’t seen the herdsmen but I saw the food items they ate”, he said.
Another resident of the Camp, Mr. Osadebamwen Aigbe, said on Sunday, we went to Ekiadolor police station to give report.
“This morning we were called that the police will be visiting the Community. All my property are not here because we were instructed by the herders.
He opined that the herders said they own cassava and plantain while cocoa belongs to the farmers.
“They (herdsmen) wore camouflage, carried Ak-47 and shoot repeatedly for sometime now. They destroyed plantain, yam and cassava. They also destroyed our farms” he said.