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Published 10 February 2021
ALARMED by the escalating bloodletting, kidnapping and destruction of farmland perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen almost everywhere, prominent Nigerians have warned of the rapid descent into anarchy if the current nonchalance of the Federal Government persists. Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, is the latest concerned statesman to express grave misgivings about the unserious manner the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is handling the killer herders’ menace. Strict enforcement of the law is needed to protect innocent and law-abiding citizens. But stricter enforcement is required to prevent crime, arrest criminals and bring them to justice. The Buhari regime has failed on both counts.
Insecurity: Ogun residents lament influx of herdsmen from Oyo
The residents said there s an impending famine because they could no longer go to their farms
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Some residents of Ogun State have raised alarm over the influx of Fulani herdsmen from Oyo State.
The residents of Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, in a statement signed by some of their leaders, said the herdsmen are believed to be those expelled from Oyo State.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how a farmer identified as Dele Olowoniyi, was killed on his farm in the area on Sunday.
Sources said the deceased was found dead with machete cuts in his neck and other parts of his body after the invasion of the village by some herdsmen.
Insecurity: Suspected herdsmen kill farmer in Ogun We cannot point at his killers at the moment whether they are Fulani herdsmen or not. We are still investigating.
Suspected herdsmen have killed a farmer identified as Dele Olowoniyi, on his farm on Sunday.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr Olowoniyi was killed in a farm settlement located at Oha village, Imeko, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of
Sources told this newspaper that the deceased was found dead with machete cuts in his neck and other parts of his body following the invasion of the village by some herdsmen.
“The herdsmen attacked one of our brothers in Imeko village with cutlass around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday. They also came with gun shooting indiscriminately into the air to scare people away,” a source said.
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Oha attack: Isiaka fumes, demands justice
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James Ogunnaike
ABEOKUTA – The 2019 gubernatorial candidate on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun State, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has condemned the attack on Oha village in Imeko, Imeko-Afon local government area of Ogun state by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.
The incident, was said resulted in the gruesome murder of one, Dele Olowoniyi.
According to reports, suspected herdsmen stormed the village at about 1am Sunday morning, shooting repeatedly in the air, causing panic among residents of the village.
The assailants then moved to Iwoye Ketu, also under Imeko-Afon local government.