Description

Farmers in the Ajegunle/Powerline community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on the state government and the security agencies in the state to curb the alleged nefarious activities of herdsmen in their community.

The community said the herdsmen recently attacked farmers in the community, injuring some of them.

They were also accused of destroying their farmlands.

A leader in the community, Abraham Olowo, who spoke with journalists on Wednesday, said the attacks had been going on repeatedly on the entire farmers of the community by the herdsmen, calling for urgent intervention from the state government.

Olowo said, “The attacks started two weeks ago but the climax of it all was the attack they did a few days ago which almost resulted in the death of one of the farmers in the community, who is currently at the emergency unit of a private hospital in the state.

“Up till today, the attacks persist. They always carry out the attacks at night and early in the morning, cart away our foods, destroy our farm products, and even machete people to the extent that the victims will land in the hospital.