Some herdsmen have been linked to the murder of two farmers in Isaba Ekiti, Ikole LGA, Ekiti State on Friday.
The suspects who were reported to be armed men launched an attack on the victims following an unfriendly encounter Friday evening. The suspects absconded after murdering the farmers.
The West African Pilot News gathered that one of the victims was a man popularly called jisoro, while the other one served as a security guard at a construction company.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Sunday Abutu, there is an ongoing crisis between the farmers and herders in the town.
“it was a confrontation between the farmers and people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen called Bororo, who were alleged to have been terrorising the Ipao-Oke Ako-Irele axis of the council area.
“There was a crisis between some farmers and Bororo herders,” the police spokesman said. In the process, there were casualties.
“The police were contacted and operatives have been deployed to that axis to maintain peace.
“Meanwhile investigation has already commenced to unravel the reason for the crisis and to ensure that culprits are brought to book.”
Amotekun Speaks
Speaking further on the incident, the Commander of Amotekun Corps in the state, Joe Komolafe, also said the victims were declared missing on Friday after their strange absence became disturbing to their families.
“The development fueled speculations that something terrible must have happened to them.”
He noted that after the incident was reported, the police and Amotekun assembled their operatives and went to their farm where the victims were found dead.
“Upon inquiry, we learned that the victims fought with the Bororo herders for coming to harvest bee’s honey in their farms on Wednesday, which degenerated to an exchange of fisticuffs,” the Amotekun boss said.
“In a reprisal attack, the Bororo herders were said to have come back to the farm again on Friday and shot the two men dead,” Komolafe said.
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