The incident happened on Monday night when Igboho stormed the troubled area in Yewaland.
However, the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday told newsmen in Abeokuta that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime.
Oyeyemi also disclosed that there have been attacks in the past three days on herdsmen settlements in Yewaland.
According to him, the settlements affected have been in existence in the area for many years, in some cases for over 20 years, and inhabited mainly by Nigerian herdsmen of Fulani extraction, some of whom he said were born and brought up in the area, and speak the Yoruba language with proverbs fluently.
People who spoke to
Daily Trust said it would require political will and active support of various stakeholders nationwide, devoid of mutual suspicion, ethnic and religious profiling, to surmount the daunting security breaches in almost all the geopolitical zones of the country.
South-West
Kidnapping, banditry, communal unrests, farmers/herders clashes and cultism are becoming a norm in the South-Western part of Nigeria.
In fact, the six states in the region are witnessing a surge in such criminal activities. As such, many lives and valuables have been lost.
Just last week, at least one person was killed in a clash between two rival cult groups at Coker-Aguda, Surulere, Lagos.
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The mention of his name scared anyone familiar with his reign of terror. Terwase Akwaza, well known as Gana, was a warlord who matched security agencies with force. With gang members spread across Benue and Taraba states, Gana’s horror was grimly etched in many homes of his victims.
Until he met his Waterloo at the hands of the military in September 2020, Gana-led gangs ran riot on several highways within the two states, kidnapping and maiming travellers at will.
He started out as a fighter for politicians but later formed a gang that specialised in kidnapping, armed robbery and assassination after they dumped him. His gang became more vicious later and had a field day on the major routes within the Sankera region comprising Katsina Ala, Logo and Ukum.
By Francis Sardauna
The Defence Headquarters has said that troops of Operation Sahel Sanity, deployed to tackle banditry in the North-west, have killed 10 bandits and lost one soldier during a gun duel with the hoodlums in Garin Inu and Maigora villages of Batsari and Faskari Local Government Areas of the state.
The acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig. Gen. Benard Onyeuko, in a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Katsina, said five bandits were neutralised in Garin Inu, while five other dead bodies of the hoodlums were later discovered along their withdrawal route in Maigora after a fierce gun duel.
The Nigerian Army has said its troops of Operation Sahel Sanity, deployed to ward off banditry in the North-west, have killed 10 bandits and lost one soldier during a gun duel with the hoodlums in Garin Inu and Maigora villages of Batsari and Faskari Local Government Areas of the state.