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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Agony as herdsmen overrun Ogun communities
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By James Ogunnaike
AGONY and sorrow enveloped Yewa axis of Ogun State as no fewer than 13 people were killed by hoodlums suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in different communities scattered across Yewaland in the last one week.
The gory incident started in Oha, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, as one Dele Olowoniyi was hacked to death by Fulani herdsmen in the mid-night of Saturday, 6th February, 2021 while receiving fresh air in front of his hut in a farm settlement located in Oha.
About two days later, two other persons were also killed in an ambush by people suspected to be herders at Owode-Ketu while going to market.
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on (COVID-19) has said it will apprehend, quarantine and ensure inbound passengers disobeying COVID-19 protocols bear
One Mrs Ajoke Ishola, who was abducted on Monday by some suspected Fulani herdsmen has been killed by her abductors. DAILY POST learnt that the lifeless