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Pa Okanlawon Ogunleke would still be alive today but for killer herdsmen who allegedly invaded and attacked him on his farm located in Ibarapa area of Oyo State. The octogenarian and the town dwellers were enraged and saddened by the development. The old man was said to have been beaten and macheted by his assailants. He was taken to hospital where he eventually died. Our correspondent gathered that many attacks had happened before then and even after in the area.
In June 2020, Saidu Odugbemi, who is from Tapa, was kidnapped and one of his friends told our correspondent that the family coughed up N7.2m ransom to secure his release. Not done with the family, the kidnappers struck in November again and this time, Saidu’s immediate brother, Shefiu, was also kidnapped. A ransom of N5m was paid with pleadings before he was released by the criminals.
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TWO volatile incidents capable of throwing the entire country into a second upheaval after the 1967-1970 Civil War are brewing in the South-West.
One of the two incidents is the reign of terror unleashed on the people of Ibarapa community in Oyo State by suspected Fulani herdsmen and a similar one taking place in Ondo State.
Both incidents have led the people of Ibarapa community and the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to issue ultimatums to Fulani herdsmen to vacate the community in Oyo State and the forest reserves in Ondo within specified times.
Oyo Crisis: Fulani Leaders Beg For Forgiveness, Pledges Peaceful Co-existence
Recall that there was violence at Igangan on Friday when a popular Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, alongside his followers, stormed the Fulani settlement in the ancient town to eject Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, and herdsmen accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of farmlands with their cattle.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 25, 2021
Two Fulani leaders, the Seriki Fulani of Igbo Ora, Alhaji Idris Abubakar, and the Seriki Fulani of Eruwa, Alhaji Sule Mohammed, have solicited for forgiveness, assuring the people of Oyo State that they would facilitate peaceful coexistence in Ibarapaland.
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Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State on Sunday recounted their ordeals in the hands of Fulani herdsmen.
The community leaders, who spoke during a visit of the state government delegation to the town, stated that they had paid a total of N50m as ransoms for kidnappings carried out by herdsmen in the community.
The community also presented to the delegation, pictures and other evidence of ransoms paid to the herdsmen.
They accused the Seriki Fulani of complicity in the negotiation of ransoms.
The delegation comprising officials of the state and the new Commissioner of Police in the state Command, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, on Sunday, visited Ibarapa where violence erupted on Friday over kidnappings and killings by herdsmen.
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In this interview with a popular broadcaster, Kola Olootu, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, speaks on why he gave a quit order to killer herdsmen in the Ibarapa area of Oke Ogun, Oyo State.
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God forbid.
It is an authentic video of me at my residence.
The gate of your residence was highly fortified, why?
Tomorrow (Friday) is the D-day when the ultimatum given to killer herdsmen would elapse. This is not an issue that affects Sunday Igboho but a matter of concern to the entire Yoruba race. I am saying it pointedly that I am too strong for Fulani bandits to attack or capture, so this matter is not about me at all. I don’t have a child who would be kidnapped by Fulani men because my children are not even based in the country.