How Fulani herdsmen kill, rape Ogun residents, farmers
October 02, 2015 at 3:01 am in News
Fulani-herdsman
By Daud Olatunji
Farmers and residents of agrarian communities in some local government areas of
Ogun State have some gory tales to tell on the menace of Fulani cattle rearers,
otherwise known as Fulani herdsmen.
So many
lives have
been lost
while
property
worth
millions of
Naira has
been
destroyed
allegedly by
these Fulani
marauders .
It was gathered that, the Fulani herdsmen move with their cattle from one of these
agrarian communities to the other wreaking havoc.
Further findings have also shown that worse still, they do not respect the borders of
the state. They did not only seek pasture they inflict deaths and mayhem.
Records have shown that, not quiet long ago, the border town of Oja-Odan in Yewa
North Local Government Area of Ogun State was invaded by some Fulani herdsmen
who killed a farmer and injured dozens of others.
The farmer, identified as Agbaose Sewotan, was killed because he complained
against the invasion of his farm.
It was learnt that his elder brother, Mr. Oluwole Sewontan,while narrating their ordeal,
said; “this is not the first time that our people were slaughtered like cows on our
own soil with impunity. My dear brother was killed simply because he protested the
invasion of his farmland by the herdsmen.”
Also, a mother of three, Mrs Ayesi Balogun, was allegedly raped and killed by some
suspected Fulani herdsmen at Asa village, in the Oja Odan area,Yewa North Local
Government Area of Ogun State.
Balogun, was said to have been killed after being raped on her farm.This damning
revelation was contained in a statement made available to our correspondent by the
Ketu Advancement Front.
The statement which was signed by its Coordinator and Secretary, Kunle Abiose and
Joseph Bankole respectively, read thus, “For the umpteenth time, we, members of
Ketu Advancement Front want to register our strong protest with the Government of
Senator Ibikunle Amosun over its callous abdication of its constitutional responsibility
of ensuring the security of lives of Ketu People from wanton killing by marauding
herdsmen.
“We are sad to announce that Mrs Ayesi Balogun, a poor mother of three, was raped
and hacked to death on her farm in Asa, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun.
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