A septuagenarian yesterday revealed how a newly wedded lady in Asa Village, in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, (name withheld) was allegedly raped by armed nomadic Fulani herdsmen who were currently terrorizing more than 30 communities in the Council Area. Pa Mathew Olukogun who spoke with journalists during a press conference at Ojo-Odan, lamented what he described as “unabated gruesome killing of Ketu people by the Fulani/Boboro herdsmen in recent times”.

Aside from rape, assault and molestation of the rural dwellers, Olukogun said fears of being attacked by the herdsmen had gripped the villagers who were appealing to the state government to come to their aid. According to the aged man who spoke on behalf of hundreds of farmers in the area, the immoral acts by the normal Fulani had instilled fears into the communities. His words: “Aside from this immoral act by the intruders, many of our sons and daughters have been gruesomely murdered in a way that appears as if we don’t have government.

Our brilliant ones including our wives have been raped, assaulted and even killed by the strangers.” He said many of their wives and ladies that had been raped were either on their way to the market or river to fetch water. “How would you feel if I mention your wife’s name as one of those that have been raped by the cattlerearers’’,, the old man replied in an answer to a question on the need for him to mention names. Olukogun said those who had been raped by the marauders knew themselves. “Many of our wives , ladies and daughter who have been raped were largely taken to the hospital in Abeokuta, the state capital.

“We are losing people as well as being prevented from doing what we know how to do best because of the grazing of our farms by the herdsmen’s cattle’’. ‘’With the terrible experience of the raping of our daughters and ones, including newly wedded wives, living in our communities is no longer safe, hence, we have deserted the communities in hundreds, praying that the state government would urgently come to our aid.’’ According to him, the herdsmen usually lurk around the communities and unleash terror on them in such a way that they are usually helpless.

‘’The worst of the action of the marauders was the raping of many newly wedded wives in our communities and we are bitter about this.” He adds: “In a matter of days, they enter the country through our communities and destroy our farmlands with the indiscriminate grazing of their cattle. We are helpless and that’s why we are appealing to the state government to urgently checkmate them.’’ Reacting to the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi said that the Ketu people were only crying wolf where none existed. While warning the Ketu people not to drag the police into the matter, he stressed that ‘’the police could only ensure that there was no breakdown of law and order rather than stopping the Fulani herdsmen from coming into the area.’’ “They should not drag the police into the matter.

The state government and the House of Assembly have set up a committee on the matter. We are only waiting for the government, he said. On his own part, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa said that the problem of the clash between the Ketu people and the Fulani had been a recurrent one in the past 15 years. Adeoluwa said that the state government’s desire to find a lasting solution to the re-occurring problem made it to set up a committee comprising the Ketu people, the Fulani and government officials to tackle the problem.

“These are unfair allegations. Last week, I held meetings with them. The 30 villages in Ketu and the Fulanis too were represented. We’ve told the Fulani herdsmen to hold on, that we have set minimum standards for them before they can come in,” , he stated. Meanwhile, a coalition of socio-cultural groups from the area, including Ketu Advancement Front, Ketu South People’s Assembly and Ketu Alliance have alleged that about 21 innocent residents of the area have allegedly been killed by the Fulani herdsmen since 2000.

The spokesperson of the socio-cultural groups, Mr. Lasisi Adewole, said three residents of the area, including Phillip Akanan from Owode-Ketu, Amosu Olofinjin and Akinola Tunde from Agbon-Ojodu have been killed this year alone by the Fulani herdsmen. Adewole also lamented that all efforts to ensure that the police, the State Security Service and the state government put in place adequate security measures to protect the people, particularly during dry season when the Fulani herdsmen usually encroached and destroyed their farms by the indiscriminate grazing of their cattle had yielded no fruits.


http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/fulani-herdsmen-rape-newly-wed-in-ogun/

Source? If its truth, then they will be in shit

Talk2naija: Source? If its truth, then they will be in shit

Which poo? Who gets the needed moral to put them in poo? Mehn this issue will die off without us hearing a single word about it again.

Na wa o! D police doesn't want to be involved! Chai.
Not even to investigate Des fulanis again?

What!!!!! something must be done about these fulani pple in ogun state before things get worst. This is unacceptable,fulani pple again? ha!!!! o ga o. Abeg we no want boko boy here o

I hope we all know that kwara also have indigenous fulani.

The Westerners are very tolerant. Thats why these baboons have the audacity to terrorise them in their own land. Dont think they can try this Sh#t anywhere else down south.

The villagers should get fire arms and traps, kil as many of their animals then the fulanis will definately desert thier community they value their cows more than human live. Similar case hapened in Ijumu LGA in Kogi State the villagers practically slaughtered all the fulani's cow and they ran away.

the govt should do something about this... I mean forceful ejection of those troublesome Aboki's.

govt should come and help this villagers from this

If you cannot kill them, kill all their cattles, wwe will eat our rice,eba with no meat, amala with no meat kuku no dey kill, suffer ewedu with tilapia fish dey inside, go sorten the throat wella

Where are the youths in that town are they sleeping since 2001 they have no solution 2 de fulani herdsmen killing and molestation of young men and women in that town, when u need de youths 2 act and protect the town most of them will be busy smoking igbo and chasing after gals. The town need to arm the youths and fight this fulani herdsmen becos government will only talk and that is the end of case even de police de fear 2 get involve

Thats Fulani for you,always killing and destroyin lives and property.thats what they are good at.The govt should look at this problem now or eles it will move to another level like in other northern state.

This calls fr mobilization of the villagers they can't stay and watch there land taking from them is nt proper

This is what you get when you can't afford a Barrel or liver to pull the Trigger!

Ogun people should just leave the State for the Fulanis... Let the Yorubas in Ogun migrate to Ekiti State so that peace willl continue to be... If it was an Igbo man that kill a chiken in Yoruba land, nobody would hear word. The Igbos are in South-West to develope the place, while the Fulanis are their to distroy it, but yet, The Yorubas love the Fulanis more than the Igbos.

How can u terrorize me in my own land. This thing can't happen in Igbo land. Yoruba's don't say i said ur cowards

What are the villagers waiting for? Aluulize 'em sharp sharp. Wtf is wrong with this fulani people.

The whole village ar full wit stupid n cowards hw can u allow pepu 2 keep molestin ur wife n even killing ur pepu wen u have hands 2 fight back n d ar cryin foul 2 d government d ar nt crous face dis guy {fulani} n d wll give u space. D shld nt jst stay n all d tink abt is 2 wear buba n ashokeè to attend parties lazy men.

Ucheosefoh: Where are the youths in that town are they sleeping since 2001 they have no solution 2 de fulani herdsmen killing and molestation of young men and women in that town, when u need de youths 2 act and protect the town most of them will be busy smoking igbo and chasing after gals. The town need to arm the youths and fight this fulani herdsmen becos government will only talk and that is the end of case even de police de fear 2 get involve

what then hapens with the arms the youth carry after d fulanis leave..i guess another millitant group will b born

Akpan107: Ogun people should just leave the State for the Fulanis... Let the Yorubas in Ogun migrate to Ekiti State so that peace willl continue to be... If it was an Igbo man that kill a chiken in Yoruba land, nobody would hear word. The Igbos are in South-West to develope the place, while the Fulanis are their to distroy it, but yet, The Yorubas love the Fulanis more than the Igbos.

na make me day tire for yoruba people. If it were igbo or jonah, the bakares and others will open their mouth wide to the end. I beg make i no waist my time for this yoruba people. Pls go and assist Ogun people. Where is baba? I dey vex for this fulani and hausa people. How can they be killing people free and at will?

Yoruba people only have mouth. Ojukwu said so. This kind of $hit will never happen in the Niger-Delta or the East. Imagine, a foreigner coming to your home to violate your daughters and sisters, and you can't do $hit about it?? Na wa oo!!!

Dayokanu and geez and the rest of the Igbo hating crew won't respond to this but scream "Igbo" with fright on their faces at every turn.[size=18pt]That thing you folks keep threatening to do to Igbos in Lagos who have done you no wrong,do it now to Fulani herdsmen r.aping your women in your own land and killing your men for the past 15 years.Noisemakers[/size].It is only a weakling that will watch their wives violated and all you do is come on the Internet and make mouth.This is time for action but what I hear is grown men weeping.
If na to scream Biafra and Ojukwu or Achebe and make mockery of people who stood up against injustice or hate on Goodluck Jonathan una go begin jump up and down and adjust and re-adjust your agbada sleeves
Eko for show
go out there like men and deal with an enemy in your own house,whosai
You still cannot ID your enemies can you?

born2fuck: If you cannot kill them, kill all their cattles, wwe will eat our rice,eba with no meat, amala with no meat kuku no dey kill, suffer ewedu with tilapia fish dey inside, go sorten the throat wella

born2fuck: If you cannot kill them, kill all their cattles, wwe will eat our rice,eba with no meat, amala with no meat kuku no dey kill, suffer ewedu with tilapia fish dey inside, go sorten the throat wella

OK1:
what then hapens with the arms the youth carry after d fulanis leave..i guess another millitant group will b born

It is the only option the government will nt help and if they fail 2 protect themselves now what is happening in Jos will be small 2 what will happen in Ketu town

Yorubas!!!! . . . .

******SHAKES HEAD******

****Where the Rat Poison drinking sage na?*******

That sage was truly short sighted.

You mean while he was doing 'Boy Boy' for the fulanis, he was too blind to take a peep into the future?

WHY SHOULD I NOW BLAME THE FULANIs he prouding invited to come,take over and ra.pe his free costly free eduaction humbug+ers. . . .

Akpan107: Ogun people should just leave the State for the Fulanis... Let the Yorubas in Ogun migrate to Ekiti State so that peace willl continue to be... If it was an Igbo man that kill a chiken in Yoruba land, nobody would hear word. The Igbos are in South-West to develope the place, while the Fulanis are their to distroy it, but yet, The Yorubas love the Fulanis more than the Igbos.

Akpan107: Ogun people should just leave the State for the Fulanis... Let the Yorubas in Ogun migrate to Ekiti State so that peace willl continue to be... If it was an Igbo man that kill a chiken in Yoruba land, nobody would hear word. The Igbos are in South-West to develope the place, while the Fulanis are their to distroy it, but yet, The Yorubas love the Fulanis more than the Igbos.

This campaign of calumny against the Fulani herdsmen by these locals is getting old. People who should be holding their leaders accountable for lack of law enforcement and security continue to shamelessly point their fingers at herdsmen. We've seen similar behavior in the SE where impostors commit crimes while wearing Fulani attire in a poor attempt to cover their crimes.

The problem is these locals or the police do not have any herdsman in custody nor have a iota of proof that herdsmen committed these gruesome ra pe of a newly wed. Pray tell, how did the septuagenarian determine that the armed criminals were Fulani herdsmen, simply by the clothes they wore? Does he not yet know that the criminals among them have started to impersonate these herdsmen to cover their crimes?

This is like accusing Abriba warriors of ra pe and murder simply because some craftful armed robbers and criminals decided to perpetrate their crimes while wearing Abriba regalia. Nonesense and ingredients!!

[color=#990000][/color]Imagine ur newly wedded wife being impregnanted by a stranger...an aboki for that matter?

thats why I trust the Easterners,they don't give a mess

This reminds me of the strong man of the novel, Things Fall Apart, OKONKWO, who said, "If a man comes to your house and defeacates on the floor, what do you do? Do you look at him? No! You take a stick and break his head. That is what a man does" _{Hope I got this quote correctly?}.

If the people of OGUN allows the Fulanis, from a thousand miles away, to terrorise them in their land, na their toro.

I'm waiting for our western champions to come and defend this