Ondo: Assailants kill female farmer, youths demand justice

Unknown assailants enjoy killed a female farmer, Mrs. Rabiat Atere, on her farm in Oka-Akoko, Akoko South-West Native Council Space of Ondo Enlighten.

The ineffective physique of the deceased become once realized by a search occasion after she did no longer come home after engaged on the farm.

Whereas mentioning that the ineffective physique of the deceased become once already deposited in a mortuary in Iwaro-Oka, a supply within the neighborhood, who craved anonymity, pressured out that the incident had created rigidity within the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, youths below the aegis of the Akoko Formative years Discussion board (AYF), who condemned the brutal killing of the farmer, alleged that the act become once implemented by suspected herders.

The neighborhood, in an announcement issued by the Nationwide President of AYF, Ibukun-Oluwa Akeju, described the deceased as a gentle farmer.

He said, “This coarse act, allegedly implemented by suspected Fulani assailants, is an instantaneous attack on the peace and safety of our of us — a threat we are able to no longer tolerate,” the observation be taught.

Akeju decried the dearth of instantaneous security response within the aftermath of the abolish, noting that since the evacuation of the sufferer’s physique by the police, no security presence had been deployed to the build.

“It's deeply troubling that since the incident occurred and the Nigeria Police evacuated her physique, no create of security presence has been deployed to the neighborhood. Our of us are now left to reside in be troubled, with out assurance of safety or justice.”

The AYF called on security agencies, mature rulers, and linked stakeholders to make certain the perpetrators are arrested and prosecuted, and that peace and security are restored to the affected communities.

“Concrete measures will enjoy to mild be taken to quit future occurrences. The Akoko Formative years Discussion board will now no longer stand slothful while our of us are subjected to be troubled, violence, and bloodshed. We seek files from instantaneous intervention, justice for the sufferer, and company security movement from the authorities,” the neighborhood said.

When contacted, the Police Public Relatives Officer within the enlighten, Olayinka Ayanlade, who confirmed the incident, said that an investigation had begun to solve those within the abet of the killing.