The leaders of Jamu Nati Fulbe Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter which represents the Fulani ethnic community have called the attention of the government to the gruesome murder of about 11 herdsmen in the last six weeks in some parts of Oke Ogun area of the State.
National Chairman and General Secretary of the association respectively, Alhaji Salihu Kadiri and Mallam Muhammed Salihu Kisi signed a petition on behalf of the group calling on Governor Abiola Ajimobi to act urgently to prevent further loss of lives in Oke Ogun areas.
The areas where the killings allegedly took place, according to the Fulani ethnic community in the state, are Otu, Ikomu, Igbo-Ora, Iwere-Ile, Iganna, Ilaju and Ado-Awaye.
The group revealed some of those allegedly killed as Sanni Musa, Saidu Abdulahi, Ibraheem Haruna, Umar Babuga, Saliu Rebo and Muhammad Usman.
The petition stated in part: “Natives, particularly farmers and youths, kill our people at any slight provocation. The common excuses for such brutal killings are that our cattle are fond of destroying their farmlands or disturbing free flow of vehicular traffic on some major roads”.
“In the last few weeks, these persons have invaded many Fulani clans and settlements to commit their crime of serial murder with impunity. This has resulted in the cold-blood murder of at least eleven of our brothers whose families have been left in eternal grief”, it was revealed.
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