Herdsmen killed in Oyo

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.”