Ibitoye told the News Agency of Nigeria in Otun-Ekiti that lives of farmers are no longer safe as a result of attacks on them in their various farms.
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The kidnappers also made away with the slain inspector’s AK-47 rifle.
The perpetrators reportedly fired shots into the air sporadically, after which they seized the 10 victims and took them to an unknown destination through the bush
ASP Sunday Abutu, the Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, said the clash occurred on Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday.
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria that trouble started when the suspect returned home after leaving the house for some days without any trace of her whereabouts.
Some Fulani herdsmen, numbering about seven, had sprung from a bush along the road after Ibuso Gbooro, close to Dally Junction, by a quarry site, at about 7am on Monday, wielding sophisticated rifles and shooting sporadically.
The Commissioner for Information, Akin Omole, who stated this in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, stressed that Ekiti was ready to key into ranching as a viable solution to stem the increasing wave of killings and kidnapping by herders in the state.
Suspected herdsmen on Tuesday night around 7:30pm stormed the road after Ajenbandele village in Ibokun Council Area of Osun State and abducted an unknown number of travellers.
The Commandant, who stated this in a statement in Ibadan, said that he will volunteer to lead anyone who is interested in taking a tour of parts of Ibarapaland earlier hit by herders/farmers crisis.
Besides, a former Head of Department of Architecture, The Polytechnic Ibadan, Kola Oladunjoye, and three other persons in his car plunged into the Rocky Ogun River along Ibadan-Iseyin Road, and they all perished in the accident.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen in Ado Ekiti that Akinbami was released around 3 pm. on Sunday without the payment of any ransom.
The Chairman of the Amotekun Corps, General Kunle Togun (retd), made this disclosure on FRESH 105.9 FM Political Circuit on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that operatives of the security outfit were on patrol around Mokola area of Ibadan at 11p.m. when a gun shot was heard allegedly hitting the motorcyclist, identified as Tosin Thomas.
The governor maintained that the safety and security of all residents of the state remains a top priority for his government, adding that his administration will work relentlessly to tackle cases of kidnapping and insecurity.
Soyinka’s position on Arise TV on Saturday, came amid reports of the excesses of some members of the Amotekun Corps.
The governor reassured the residents of the state that the administration is doing everything it could to address security challenges in the state.
According to the credible online news platform, the Police Officer, Fatai Yekini, was shot by the Amotekun Corps operative, Ibrahim Ogundele, in Sanga area of Oyo town on Saturday.
Amotekun Corps Commander in the state, retired Brig.-Gen. Joe Komolafe, confirmed the mishap on Saturday and said another would-have-been victim was rescued by the corps.
Ale’s wife was abducted on Thursday night while returning from Lagos State to Ondo State on a business trip along the Ondo-Akure Highway.
The governor also stated that the states of the South West are ready to combat crimes through the security agency, which was initially launched in January 2020 as a South West regional security outfit to combat crimes in collaboration with the police and other federal security agencies.