Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae has been attacked by
Fulani herdsmen, in Ilado village, Akure North Local Government Area
of Ondo State. This time, it's the cows belonging to Fulani herdsmen,
that overrun the farm of the former presidential candidate.
This happened barely two weeks after Falae, also a former Minister of
Financ,e was kidnapped by suspected herdsmen from the farm but was
released four days after.
The Farm Manager, Mr Bruno Akhigbodemen, alleged that the cows
brought to the farm by the Fulani herdsmen, destroyed over one
kilometre plantation of maize on Monday morning.
Akhigbodomen, who conducted journalists round the farmland on Tuesday
evening, explained that the herdsmen invaded the farm at about 2am on
Monday, leading to the destruction of the plantation.
He explained that one of the workers, who saw them raised the alarm
but before other workers could come around, the invaders had left with
their herds.
The Farm Manager added that immediately the National Chairman of the
Social Democratic Party was informed of the incident, he reported it
to the state Police Command after which some operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad were deployed in the farm.
A police source said the detectives combed the neighbouring villages
for the suspects but they were unable to make any arrest as the
herdsmen were said to have left the area.
Describing the incident as devastating to his boss and the entire
workers of the farm, the manager appealed to the government and the
security agencies in the state to be proactive on the security of the
farmland.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Femi Joseph, said on the
telephone that he had yet to be briefed on the incident at the time of
filing this report.
—Professional Nigeria Website Design
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