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A farmer, Sunday Ahmed and two of his friends were working on Ahmed’s farms at Owobamigbe village in the Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State on January 21, 2020, when some herdsmen allegedly appeared with cattle to graze on the farm. But Sunday and his friends resisted them especially as they had just planted some crops.
A fight ensued and the armed herdsmen overpowered Ahmed and his friends. The two friends fled to inform members of the community but Ahmed was unable to escape and he was allegedly seriously inflicted with machete cuts by the herders.
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Published 26 December 2020
Rising insecurity in the South-West, especially Ondo State in recent time, has put the Amotekun initiative in the region under the spotlight, PETER DADA writes
Ondo State, a major gateway to the northern part of the country especially for travellers from the South-West region, has been under the siege of insecurity for a long time now.
Kidnappings, armed robberies and killings have become the order of the day in the SunShine State particularly on its highways in recent times.
About 18 months after Mrs Funke Olakunri, the daughter of the national leader of the pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, was killed by gunmen in Ondo, insecurity has continued to fester in the state corridor of the federal highways linking the South-West to the North, South-East and South-South.