Protests on Wednesday erupted on the streets of Akure, the Ondo State capital, following the alleged killing of five farmers by suspected herdsmen at Aba Oyinbo community in Akure North Local Government Area.
PUNCH reported that the assailants invaded the community in the early hours of Wednesday, opening fire on the victims.
These fresh killings come barely two weeks after no fewer than 14 people were reportedly murdered by gunmen in four communities—Ademekun, Aba Pastor, Aba Sunday, and Alajido—all in the same local government area.
As a result of this, angry protesters stormed the Governor’s Office in large numbers, chanting solidarity songs and calling on Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to urgently intervene and halt the unrelenting attacks on farmers.
One of the protesters, identified simply as Jonah, decried the increasing spate of killings, alleging that the attackers infiltrated the state through Edo.
“We are being slaughtered without anyone doing anything. Akure North is under siege. We are farmers, not criminals. We are appealing to the governor, the police, the army, and Amotekun to save us before more lives are lost,” Jonah to PUNCH.
