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Cucumber Farmer Stabbed To Death By Herdsmen In Rivers
A cucumber farmer simply identified as Godwin was on Wednesday stabbed by herdsmen who invaded his farm.
The incident is now generating tension between the herdsmen and the locals who cohabit in Mgbodo-Aluu community in Ikwerre Local government area, a suburb of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
It was reported that the invasion of herdsmen into the farm resulted into a heated argument between two, insisting that the herds should not graze on his cucumber farm that were already ripe for harvest.
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An eyewitness said the argument degenerated into physical fisticuffs resulting to the stabbing of the farmer.
He was immediately rushed to and hospitalized at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).
The Rivers State Police Command is yet to comment on the incident.
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