At least
three persons have been reportedly killed in Ogun State by herdsmen believed to
be among those who wreaked havoc in Igangan, Oyo State, on Sunday.
Talktokemi was informed that the victims were identified as Femi Bara, John Taiwo and Tunde Taiwo.
Reports have
it that the trio were murdered at Amule Kanji village, via Imeko, Imeko/Afon
Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The three men
were on a bike, coming from Ologede village when they ran into the killer
herdsmen, “who killed them and took away their motorbike.”
The Balogun
of Imeko Isale, Chief Ganiu Akinleye, confirmed that the incident happened
around 11 pm on Sunday.
Akinleye said
the police had gone to the village to evacuate the corpses.
In his words:
“You know there was a crisis in Igangan yesterday, those herdsmen who escaped
to Imeko through our forest reserves killed three men on Sunday night.
“The victims
were riding on a motorcycle, coming from Ologede around 11 o’clock last
(Sunday) night. They ran into these fleeing herdsmen, who killed them. They
even took the victim’s new motorcycle away, leaving their old one behind,” he
said.
“We saw empty
AK-47 cartridges at the scene of the incident. A formal report has been made at
the police station in Imeko and the police have gone there to take the bodies.
“This is
getting too much. We can no longer sleep in our houses. The herdsmen are
everywhere. Government should come to our rescue. The Amotekun operatives in
Imeko are too few. We need help.”
The Balogun
raised the alarm that the Igangan killers had relocated to a village called
Sagada in Imeko/Afon.
“Those
herdsmen who escaped after killing people in Igangan are now in Ogun State.
They camp in a village called Sagada, under Oke Agbede in Ward 2.
“There is a
river, (Oyan) in-between Sagada and Igangan. They are there as we speak. We
have informed the appropriate authorities, but no positive steps have been
taken so far,” the community leader added.
Scores of
Igangan residents, in the Ibarapa North local government of Oyo State, were
gruesomely murdered by suspected herdsmen on Saturday night.
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