TODAY
February 8, 2021
The Agbekoya Farmers’ Association and the Yoruba Socio-Political organisation Afenifere, yesterday, raised the alarm that marauding herdsmen have launched guerrilla warfare on Yorubaland, but vowed to flush out the culpable herdsmen terrorizing the South-West.
They also disclosed that it had begun a manhunt for the killer herdsmen’s kingpin, known as Mahmoud Waziri, and his men, who terrorise farmers and residents in Ibarapa local government area of Oyo State.
This came on a day the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, warned against the growing false security alarms in the form of fake audio and video posts on social media, declaring that residents of the state should ignore such contents.
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By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West, Dapo Akinrefon, Ola Ajayi, Chris Ochayi, Ibrahim Hassan, & James Ogunnaike
By Dapo Akinrefon
THE Agbekoya Farmers Society, on Sunday, threw its weight behind the quit notice by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to Fulani herders inside Ondo State forest reserves.
The association also warned that no harm must come to Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemi in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State.
A statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olatunji Bandele, quoted the President-General of Agbekoya, Chief Kamorudeen Okikiola, as saying that Governor Akeredolu, as the chief security officer of his state, has the constitutional powers to protect the lives and properties of the people of Ondo State.
Chief Okikiola reiterated that the governor gave the order in view of the series of killings and kidnappings by the Fulani herdsmen and armed bandits that have claimed the lives of innocent sons and daughters of Ondo State.