{"id":369427,"date":"2017-11-08T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=369427"},"modified":"2017-11-08T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T11:44:12","slug":"2-nomadic-herdsmen-escape-lynching-in-eregion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/2-nomadic-herdsmen-escape-lynching-in-eregion\/","title":{"rendered":"2 nomadic herdsmen escape lynching in E\/Region"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two nomadic herdsmen believed to be of Fulani extraction narrowly escaped death on Tuesday after they were nearly lynched by an angry mob at Hweehwee<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>one of the villages in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region, where the herdsmen clashed with local farmers.<\/p>\n This incident comes a day after the Eastern Regional Security Council REGSEC visited the affected communities to interact with the people, farmers, chiefs and the leadership of the Fulanis to dialogue and find lasting solutions to the reprisal attacks.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”Bj199VGbJAoqKlUit3SziNaU4kBbIrX6″]The two, Fuseini Adama 32, and Sadibe Adama, 38, were allegedly subjected to beatings after being rounded up by some youth whilst returning from the bush to the town on their motorbike at Hweehwee.<\/p>\n But for the timely intervention of the police patrol team which has been\u00a0deployed there from the Police headquarters last week, the situation would have gotten out of hands.<\/p>\n