Crime

Suspected Herdsmen Kidnap Farmer’s Son in Ibadan

By Web News 749

About four suspected kidnappers have invaded a poultry farm located at Oke Odan, Olomo area of Apete Community in Ibadan, Oyo State and kidnapped a. 24 – year -old son of the farm owner.

A witness said the abductors came to the farm yesterday evening with sophisticated guns, and started shooting, to instill fear in the workers and others in the farm premises.

The gunmen, who were identified as the Fulani’s who usually come to the farm to buy manure to make grasses to grow for their cows, requested to see  the farm owner .

Realising that the owner of the farm was unavailable, the gunmen pounced on his son who, and went off with him.

It was further gathered that when the case was reported,  the Divisional Police Officer and local vigilante men stormed the surroundings of Olomo community in search of the abductors and their victim but the efforts have not yielded

However ,the state police spokesman, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi, could not be reached, as calls to his line were  unanswered as at the time of filing this report.

 Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Ado Awaye Shooting: Herdsmen Sue For Peace

By Web News 1966

Two Fulani boys allegedly shot at Ado Awaye last Sunday by a suspected member of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, are no longer on the danger list at a private hospital in Iseyin.

Police at Ado Awaye had earlier ordered the OPC men believed to be involved in the shooting to take the boys to the hospital for treatment pending further investigation into the matter.

Radio Nigeria gathered that fear gripped the boys on sighting the OPC men who said they were on patrol, making them to start running away before they were shot on the legs.

However, a Fulani chieftain in the community, Jowuro Boni said the incident has confirmed a brewing crisis between his people and some members of the host community because apart from twelve thousand naira, nothing incriminating was found on the boys.

Former chairman of Miyetti Allah in Oyo state, Alhaji Yakubu Bello who noted that such incident was becoming too much in recent times called for peaceful coexistence among the various ethnic groups living in the area.

Efforts to get police comments are still ongoing as at the time of filing this report.

Kayode Oguntona