At least two people died on Thursday in a clash between the operatives of the Ondo State Security Network known as Amotekun and armed herders.

The incident, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, occurred at Ago Sanusi, along Ute Road in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the state.

Sources told our correspondent that the herdsmen had earlier clashed with farmers which led to a “call on Amotekun operatives for intervention”.

Amotekun operatives reportedly got to the scene and were attacked by herdsmen. These led to the death of a farmer and a vigilante.

“One farmer and a vigilante attached to the Amotekun during the clash were shot in the head(s) by herdsmen and both of them are dead now,” Supo Ojo, a resident told PREMIUM TIMES.

This newspaper also gathered from sources within the Amotekun organization that an official known as Oluwasesan Adebayo got missing during the incident and his whereabouts was still unknown as of the time of filing this report.

When contacted, the state Commander of the Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye, confirmed the incident.

“Amotekun was called yesterday by some farmers that herdsmen had invaded the forest and our men went there to douse tension. A vigilante and a farmer lost their lives in the process,” he said.

Asked about the missing Amotekun operative, he simply said “nobody is missing in Amotekun”.

The state police spokesperson, Tee-Leo Ikoro, did not respond to PREMIUM TIMES calls and text messages as of press time.

This incident occurred days after Ondo Amotekun said it arrested two armed herdsmen and 200 cows in the state.

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and other South-west governors, two weeks ago, banned under-aged grazing, night grazing and movement of cattle along highways.

PrinceDz:
Please can those who called themselves our Leaders stand up and defend their mother's land. Or this what politics has reduced us

CaPpaDonNa:
Sw political leaders sleeping on a bicycle

agadez007:
Herdsmen attack Amotekun?
Chinchoss
Accomodaters hates this type of thread,you only see them in threads that concerns Nnamdi kanu and ESN
Just change the topic to include Nnamdi kanu or ESN,booooooooooom
and they would swarm here

November1857:
Not only sleeping , they are dreaming of 2023 presidency..

Fantasticcc:
Let the Yorubas keep sleeping

Nowenuse:
Legendhero, how market? Shebi yorubaland is now becoming like Southern Kaduna?
To imagine that Yoruba is a majority ethnic group and is situated far south, yet being dealt with like this.

In this life, what goes around comes around.
When my people were facing the fire, Yorubas were shouting on their voices supporting El-rufai and the APC gang.
This is why in this life and in the next to come, I will prefer Igbo ten times over Yorubas.

Nonsense!

itsIYKE:
Leave Fulani herdsmen the Igbos are our problem as Yoruba people ........Fulani are our brothers and they can kill as many as they want we no dey finish

Omoslim26:


You see why no sane Igbo man will join you in this scam package called Ipob

a typical Igbo man will be thinking of how much he has made in business this week and how to balance his account to ensure that he starts planning to procure more profit before the week ends and to make plans for next week

but here you are trying to turn dis thread to yoruba vs Igbo

ifeele adighè meè ghi chacha tufiaa ghi

Nowenuse:
Legendhero, how market? Shebi yorubaland is now becoming like Southern Kaduna?
To imagine that Yoruba is a majority ethnic group and is situated far south, yet being dealt with like this.

In this life, what goes around comes around.
When my people were facing the fire, Yorubas were shouting on their voices supporting El-rufai and the APC gang.
This is why in this life and in the next to come, I will prefer Igbo ten times over Yorubas.

Nonsense!

PrinceDz:
Please can those who called themselves our Leaders stand up and defend their mother's land. Or is this what politics has reduced us