EXCITING NEWS: TNG WhatsApp Channel is LIVE…
Subscribe for FREE to get LIVE NEWS UPDATE. Click here to subscribe!
Suspected herdsmen have killed a farmer identified as Dele Olowoniyi, on his farm on Sunday in Ogun State.
According to reports Mr. Olowoniyi was killed in a farm settlement located at Oha village, Imeko, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Meanwhile, Prince Gboyega Isiaka, three-time governorship candidate in the state has condemned this needless attack and the avoidable death of Olowoniyi describing the attack as barbaric and one that shamefully violated the sanctity of human lives.
The Imeko born Chartered Accountant and politician said, “I am traumatized by this gruesome and inhuman act that has left myself, the communities and well-meaning Nigerians devastated”.
“Those who perpetrated this evil are not only enemies of Imeko-Afon, but enemies of Nigeria and humanity. This has continued unabated for too long and it is clear something must be done to halt the endless killing of our people”.
The APC Chieftain requested the Nigeria Police Force to initiate a thorough probe into the Sunday attack just as he urged the federal government to urgently stem the tide of the barbaric killings across the country.
He stated, “We have had enough of these wanton killings all over the country. Now they have gained entrance into yorubaland and now hitting on our people in Yewaland. Our people should not be left to protect themselves when we have security agents. At no point should our people’s safety be under any form of constant threat.”
Isiaka condoled with the family of the slain Olowoniyi and indeed all residents of the villages shattered by the attack.
“My prayers and thoughts go to the family of Dele Olowoniyi.” May God grant his soul eternal repose”.
The Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the killing but said he was unsure whether it was carried out by herdsmen.
“The police was informed about an incident that a house in a farm settlement was attacked and the man who lived in the place was attacked,” Mr Oyeyemi told newsmen.
“We cannot point at his killers at the moment whether they are Fulani herdsmen or not. We are still investigating.”