Herdsmen destroy farmlands, rape women, Ogun monarchs cry out

The Council of Obas in Ijebu-Igbo, in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State has raised the alarm over the alleged destruction of farmlands and the rape of women by Fulani herdsmen in the area.

The council at its inaugural meeting held at the secretariat of the Ijebu North Local Government Area in Ijebu-Igbo on Thursday said it had become imperative for the government to check the alleged nefarious activities of the herdsmen in the area before it got completely out of control.

Three of the six Obas who constitute the council, the Sopen Lukale of Oke-Sopen, Oba Mufutau Yusuf; the Kegbo of Atikori, Oba Ibitoye Solaja and the Bejeroku of Oke Agbo, Oba Olaoye Abas as well as 21 other chiefs and prominent indigenes of the town who attended the meeting condemned the actions of the herdsmen.

The monarchs also noted that the activities of the herdsmen and their cattle posed a threat to the security of the people of the area.They argued that the alleged destruction of the town’s farmlands by the herdsmen had imposed untold hardship on the people of the community who are mainly farmers.