By Pathfinder Reporter
Suspected herdsmen have killed five persons at Ajegunle-Powerline community, Akure in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The victims were said to be laborers hired from Plateau and Kaduna States.
A farmer in the community, Akin Olowolafe, said the attack took place on Tuesday around 3pm.
He said: “These herdsmen killed five of our laborers. We have reported them to the state government and even to the security agencies but no positive actions were taken from these security agencies to stop the herdsmen activities on our farmlands.
“They entered the farmlands on Tuesday as we were working, and they started shooting sporadically in the air and killed five people during the attacks.”
He said activities of herdsmen and armed robbery have made life unbearable for them.
Olowolafe claimed that many farmers have fled their farms for fear of being killed due to the incessant destruction of their crops.
A laborer, Fidelis Daniel, said, “They (herdsmen) came around 3pm on Tuesday to destroy our farms, and we have warned them not to come to our farmlands again but they didn’t hear, and when they came, they just started shooting and killed five of our people. We took them to the mortuary.
“I was inside the farm too when the incident happened, I just heard the sound of guns, and I immediately ran to the house. It was even God that saved me, too they would have killed me.
“They suddenly came with weapons to destroy our crops and killed five people. Three people from Plateau State and two from Kaduna State.”
Daniel, also called on the Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi, the Commander of the State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), Adetunji Adeleye, and other relevant security agencies to take proactive security measures that will put an end to the daily embarrassment and attacks, lamented the worrisome as it is negatively affecting the morale of the farmers.
It was men of the Hunters and Vigilantes Association in Akure North Local Government Area of the state that reportedly took the bodies of the slain laborers to the mortuary.
A spokesman for the Ondo State Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, who confirmed the incident, said: “There was an attack on the community, and the police are still investigating. But I cannot confirm the number of people that were killed.”
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