There was tension yesterday in the Shaki area of Oyo State as a bloody clash ensued between the Yoruba and Fulani herdsmen over the killing of a popular farmer in the area.
Although, the state Police Command has deployed mobile policemen to the town, the number turned out to be inadequate as the clash remained unabated, a situation that has forced the authority to draft heavily-armed soldiers to the area.
A resident of the area told The Guardian that trouble started with the killing of a farmer, who was identified as Jelili, was hacked to death over allegations that the deceased killed one of the herdsmen’s cattle.
He added that peace has eluded the area as the youths, who are bent on reprisals have been combing the streets and farms in search of herdsmen who have since gone into hiding.It was gathered that four herdsmen armed with swords and daggers attacked the farmer and inflicted several machete cuts on him, which eventually led to his death.
The attackers were said to have gone into hiding to prevent reprisals by the enraged youths who were said to have destroyed the herdsmen property worth thousands of Naira.The crisis has escalated but the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude told Journalists that it was a case of murder.
In a related development, the Benue State Government yesterday condemned statements credited to the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore on the recently passed anti-open grazing law in the state, saying such comments amount to an open declaration of war on the Benue people.
Commissioner for Information, Lawrence Onoja (Jr.), who made the call at a press conference in Makurdi yesterday, called on security agencies to arrest leaders of the group for making inciting statements capable of breaching public peace in the state, which he said, amounted to treason.
Onoja said the statements of the Fulani socio-cultural group had put the state under threat and called on the Federal Government to call Miyetti Allah and its leaders to order before they plunge the entire country into trouble that may be difficult to contain.
Meanwhile, the state House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris to immediately arrest the leadership of Miyetti Allah, Kautal Hore for treason and inciting public unrest in the state.
Speaker of the House, Terkimbi Ikyange gave the ruling after a debate on a motion of urgent public importance moved by the Majority Leader, Benjamin Adanyi, who drew the House’s attention to the group’s uncomplimentary remarks at a media briefing.
Adanyi said it had become clearer that the attack on Benue communities was not as a result of their quest for grazing but an attempt to takeover the state.
The National President of the association, Abdullahi Bello and Secretary, Saleh Alhassan had last Tuesday addressed a World Press Conference in Abuja where they not only kicked against the law recently enacted in the state but also vowed to mobilise their members across the country to resist its implementation.
The group also attributed the herdsmen/farmers crisis in the state to the struggle for natural resources and claimed ownership of the Benue Valley.





https://m.guardian.ng/news/tension-in-oyo-community-as-herdsmen-kill-yoruba-farmer/

You need to provide a link. Not a bland screenshot.

shey ,na dem want one Nigeria??give them more..

Fulani herdsmen are pests. Best taken out

neoShinto:

You need to provide a link. Not a bland screenshot.

screenshot of your head?

neoShinto:
Indeed. I'm sure your k-legs look like pillars made out of concrete.

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Angeleena:

wehdone sire,space booker..ur mates, are taking stand,out there,and u re here,with your cone head,filled with saw-dust,spitting thrash.I laugh..

Dont mind the afonjas my dear

Angeleena:

I don't oo..

Lol me sef i dont

Angeleena:

hmmm..who dey ambush who??another herdsmen, coming towards his way?

I'm talking about him calling you out for space booking, whereas you caught him pants down too.

neoShinto:

Explain why you lost your lands to Rivers and Delta people

Explain why your Nothern tormentors control most of the oil blocs in your lands.

Bloody sl.ave

Typical afonja coward na women u dey fight with.
Wait for me after the match.