By Ife Osemedua
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, and herdsmen on Wednesday clashed in Ondo State, over the destruction of a farm by roaming cattle in Osi Community, Akure North Local Government Area of the state.
The state Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who disclosed this to newsmen in Akure also said one of the herdsmen was arrested with dangerous weapons.
“Some farmers from Osi Community ran to the office complaining that their farms had been destroyed by herds. We sent our men there to assess the situation. They found out that the herds were actually on the farm and we invited the herdsmen. But unfortunately, on getting there, they attacked our men with knives and other dangerous weapons. But we were able to arrest one of them, named Abdulkadir Mohammed,” Adeleye stated.
Going further, he added that the security force also foiled an attempt by two suspected cattle rustlers who brought a NISSAN Serena marked LAGOS FJ 423 KRD, to steal cows belonging to a certain Alhaji Ilyasu.
“One Alhaji Ilyasu, a Fulani man, came to us that some people came with a Serena Bus to steal their cattle. They came to us and we sent our men out. We were able to recover the vehicle they wanted to used in stealing the cows, we also recovered the cows.
“We were able to trace some of the rustlers that ran away to somewhere in Ogun State. We have apprehended one Sudauna Gombe and one Ogunyale Sola, who was the driver of the abandoned Serena. We have handed them over to the Agro Department of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for detailed investigation.
“We recovered two cows, which we have returned to the Fulani man that owns them, and we brought the vehicle to our office here because the rustlers ran away and abandoned the vehicle. But we were able to arrest those involved and they had confessed that they had been in the trade for some time.”