Wakili, his 2 sons face murder, kidnapping, conspiracy charges
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…Youths raze herders’ settlement in Saki over farmer’s death
By Ola Ajayi
A Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, yesterday, remanded the supected kidnap kingpin, Iskilu Wakili, in a correctional facility for alleged murder, conspiracy, kidnapping and armed robbery.
This came on a day residents of Saki and other communities in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State said they now live in palpable fear, following alleged killing of a farmer by suspected Fulani herders at Oke Orogun village, in Saki West local government area of the state.
Wakili remanded for murder, kidnapping, conspiracy
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Published 13 March 2021
Residents of Ibarapa area of Oyo State have lost sleep despite the arrest of Iskilu Wakili, said to be a dreaded warlord terrorising the area. Dwellers in Ibarapaland have been suffering attacks at the hands of killer herders who destroyed their farmlands with cattle, raped, killed and kidnapped many for ransom. Farmers are said to be the worst hit as those in communities such as Ayete, Igangan, Idere, Igboora, Tapa, Lanlate and Eruwa have harrowing tales to tell.
The development led a Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho to issue a seven-day notice to quit to Fulani herders in the area. Upon the expiration of the order, he went to Igangan. After he left, a mob reportedly torched the settlement of the Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Salihu Abdulkadir, accused by villagers of aiding several herders’ atrocities in the area.