Sunday, July 7, 2024 - Numerous individuals, including operatives of the Ondo State Security Network, known as Amotekun, sustained injuries following an attack by herdsmen in Akure North Local Government Area.
The incident occurred as Amotekun
personnel attempted to enforce the anti-open grazing law in Igoba, a community
on Ado Road. The armed Fulani herdsmen were grazing their cattle on local farms
when they assaulted the officers using guns, bottles, cutlasses, and stones.
Jimoh Adeniken, spokesperson for the
Ondo Amotekun Corps, stated that the corps’ surveillance team was led to the
affected farms by the owners. Upon arrival, they found over 120 cows destroying
the crops but no herders in sight.
Adeniken explained that the Amotekun
operatives began to move the cows off the farms, prompting an attack by the
herdsmen. He said;
“The assailants continued to throw
stones and bottles till they invaded the main road and hacked one of the
Amotekun officers into a coma even as they attempted to disarm officers and men
of the Amotekun corps.
“Other officers sustained varying degrees
of injuries during the attack and they are currently receiving medical
attention. The owner of the cows has been identified while investigation by the
corps continues.
“Government will continue to ensure strict
compliance with the law with a view to ensuring that efforts of farmers would
not be truncated through destruction of their farmlands by herders and their
cows. “Officers of the corps will continue to carry out its legal functions of
protecting the people of the state as well as their property.”
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