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Suspected Fulani herdsmen have abducted a farmer, Rasaq Jamiu, and his four children.
The latest abduction, it was gathered, happened in Maami village in the Ibaraoa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Jamiu was said to have gone to his farm in Maami village on Monday when the hoodlums stormed the farm and whisked the father and his children away.
The gunmen were said to have freed the children later on Monday but demanded a ransom of N5m for Jamiu.
The Secretary of Farmers Union in Ibarapaland, Taiwo Adeagbo, aka Akowe Agbe, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday.
IGANGAN: How herdsmen macheted retired school principal
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By Adeola Badru
RESIDENTS of lsokun area of Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area
of Oyo State were thrown into another confusion, following a fresh attack by Fulani herders, as they allegedly macheted a retired school principal, Mr. Ogunmodede Ojedokun, on his farm last Saturday afternoon.
The 62-year-old Ojedokun was attacked and had his hands almost cut off by the herdsmen.
While narrating the incident to Vanguard, the son of the victim, Mr. Olumide Ojedokun
Accordimg to Punch, some herdsmen on Friday, April 2, 2021, attacked a retired school principal, Ojedokun Ogunmodede.
The reason for the attack was not clear but the newspaper reported that sources close to the victim said there was no confrontation between Ogunmodede and the herdsmen.
The herders reportedly inflicted machete injuries which almost chopped off the retired principal’s hands.
Secretary of Ibarapa Farmers Union,
Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, while confirming the incident said herdsmen have no stopped attacking farmers and destroying farmlands in Igangan.
He said,
“The victim is my relative. He is a retired principal and he should be around 62 years old. I was called to see what happened to him. I immediately called the Commissioner of Police (Ngozi Onadeko). She said I should report to the police officially and I called the DPO in Ayete. He came with two officers and two vans loaded with armed policemen.
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Olufemi Olaniyi
Published 13 March 2021
Residents of Ibarapa area of Oyo State have lost sleep despite the arrest of Iskilu Wakili, said to be a dreaded warlord terrorising the area. Dwellers in Ibarapaland have been suffering attacks at the hands of killer herders who destroyed their farmlands with cattle, raped, killed and kidnapped many for ransom. Farmers are said to be the worst hit as those in communities such as Ayete, Igangan, Idere, Igboora, Tapa, Lanlate and Eruwa have harrowing tales to tell.
The development led a Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho to issue a seven-day notice to quit to Fulani herders in the area. Upon the expiration of the order, he went to Igangan. After he left, a mob reportedly torched the settlement of the Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Salihu Abdulkadir, accused by villagers of aiding several herders’ atrocities in the area.