Herdsmen Crisis: Residents Flee Ogun Villages, Migrate To Benin Republic
The attacks and the resultant deaths were despite repeated assurances of protection by the state government and security agencies.
by Saharareporters, New York
Feb 20, 2021
No fewer than 28 lives have been lost in various communities in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, in the last one week due to deadly attacks believed to have been carried out by herdsmen.
According to the Nation, the attacks and the resultant deaths were despite repeated assurances of protection by the state government and security agencies.
Hostilities between herdsmen and residents of about 29 rural communities in the aforementioned part of Ogun State dates back to as far as 15 years.
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Tolu Odebiyi, the Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has called for an investigation into the alleged harassment of his constituents by soldiers and Fulani herdsmen.
The Street Journal, in an earlier post, reported that Fulani herdsmen allegedly engaged the services of some soldiers to beat up farmers in some communities in Yewa land in Ogun State, for stopping their cattle from grazing over their farmland.
The Senator expressed displeasure at the incessant cases of harassment and brutalization caused by herders in Yewa land.
Odebiyi, in a statement by his media office on Saturday, therefore, demanded that a thorough investigation be carried out on the matter without further delay.