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INVESTIGATION: Inside the Igangan abductions, killings that exposed Oyo’s herder crisis
Destruction of farmlands by cattle - and herders - is barely avoidable in Nigeria s outdated open grazing system and criminals are taking advantage. 13 min read
Before Igangan, 177 kilometres from Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was propelled to national attention in the past weeks, Taiwo Adeagbo, a local farmer-leader, had collected several photographs, depicting bloodied and savagely hacked human bodies. His collection also includes the photograph of a rape victim, lying sick with a machete cut.
The forceful removal of the Fulani population in the town by a group inspired by Sunday “Igboho” Adeyemo, a self-acclaimed Yoruba warlord, had catapulted Igangan into national prominence.