IBADAN — NO feawer than eleven herdsmen
have been killed in the last six weeks in some
parts of Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.
The towns where the killings allegedly took
place, according to the Fulani ethnic
community in the state, are Otu, Ikomu, Igbo-
Ora, Iwere-Ile, Iganna, Ilaju and Ado-Awaye.
In a petition by the leaders of Jamu Nati Fulbe
Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter,
Alhaji Salihu Kadiri and Mallam Muhammed
Salihu Kisi, National Chairman and General
Secretary ,respectively, the herdsmen called on
Governor Abiola Ajimobi to do something
urgently to prevent further loss of lives in the
areas.
They gave the names of some of those allegedly
killed as Sanni Musa, Saidu Abdulahi, Ibraheem
Haruna, Umar Babuga, Saliu Rebo and
Muhammad Usman.
They said: “Natives, particularly farmers and
youths, kill our people at any slight
provocation. The common excuses for such
brutal killings are that our cattle are fond of
destroying their farmlands or disturbing free
flow of vehicular traffic on some major roads.
“In the last few weeks, these persons have
invaded many Fulani clans and settlements to
commit their crime of serial murder with
impunity. This has resulted in the cold-blood
murder of at least eleven of our brothers
whose families have been left in eternal grief.”
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