By Daud Olatunji
ABEOKUTA—SUSPECTED Fulani herdsmen have again
attacked some communities in Ketu Local Council Development Area in Ogun
State three days after a stakeholders’ meeting was held with the state
Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu. Vanguard gathered that the Police
boss held a security meeting with the leaders of farmers and herdsmen
in the troubled area two weeks ago over the incessant killings of Ketu
people allegedly by herdsmen.
Narrating the incident, in a
statement, the Coordinator-General and Director of Public Affairs of
Ketu Advancement Forum, Kunle Abiose and Williams Olayode respectively
said the herders invaded “our farms, hewing down palm trees for their
herds to graze on.” The statement reads: “Surprisingly when the local
people went to inspect the damage done to their farms, the herders again
opened fire on them with the locals sustaining gunshot wounds of
varying degrees. “This incident was well documented at the Police Area
Command Office, Ilaro.
“Presently, the atmosphere is charged as
areas like Ikotun, Ologiri, Akeru, Ilukan, Ijege and Ajibode have
continued to come under the influx of herds. The state Governor can no
longer continue to turn blind eyes and deaf ears to the tensed
situation. “Our farmers have been sent away from their farms, over 30
primary schools have been shut down, health facilities closed and
economic activities paralysed.”
“The climax of it started on
10th December 2017 when innocent aged women were attacked and macheted
in-between Moro and Eegelu villages for their refusal to submit
themselves to be raped by heartless herdsmen”, the statement added.
While urging the state government to come to their aid, they said “we
want Mr. Governor to rise up and perform the primary objective of a
responsible government first; which is giving us security.
We
hope that the State Government will see our statement as a sincere
wake-up call, and act in line with her constitutional duties to
guarantee our security and well-being.”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/02/herdsmen-attack-ogun-communities-sack-30-schools/
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