Ondo State Security Network Agency alias Amotekun has alleged that some herdsmen attacked its operatives on a farm at Osi Community, in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
State commander of Amotekun Adetunji Adeleye told journalists in Akure, the state capital that the operatives were attacked while trying to settle a rift between herdsmen and farmers in the community.
Farmers in the community had raised alarm that cows belonging to the herdsmen destroyed their farms.
Adeleye said one of the herdsmen was arrested with dangerous weapons while 16 cows were seized by the operatives.
“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,” he said.
Adeleye also disclosed that two suspected cattle rustlers were arrested by Amotekun operatives while a NISSAN Serena car marked LAGOS FJ 423 KRD brought by the suspected rustlers to steal cows belonging to a man named Alhaji Ilyasu was impounded.
