Underage herders threaten 70 year old Ondo farmer with cutlass
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun Corps, on Thursday, said it arrested no fewer than 49 cows and three herders for violating the open grazing law of the state government.
According to the corps, the suspects are Ibrahim Musa and his two underaged children.
The state commandant of the corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said his men got a distress call when the suspects allegedly destroyed the farm of a female farmer at Kajola community in the Akure South Local Government Area of the state.
He alleged that the herders were harassing the farmer, Mrs. Victoria Ajayi, with a cutlass, when the Amotekun officers were invited.
Narrating her experience, the septuagenarian said she was in her house when her grandson alerted her to the presence of the herders.
“I am glad that immediately i narrated my ordeal, they (Amotekun officers) followed me to my house and got them arrested.
Musa, 52, said he regretted his action.
He said, “I have been living in Akure for over 30 years without having trouble with anyone. I was not around when the incident occurred. It was my little boys that were undergoing trainings on how to become herders that misbehaved. I was at the Sabo area in Akure when it all happened”.
