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Ondo Amotekun arrests two armed herdsmen, 200 cows
Villagers had accused the herdsmen of destroying the crops in their farms.
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Two armed herdsmen and at least 200 cows have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Operation Amotekun.
The herdsmen were arrested with their cows on Tuesday along Ijare-Irese Road in the Ifedore Local Government Area of the State.
According to the state Commander of the Amotekun, Adetunji Adeleye, the herdsmen allegedly destroyed crops of farmers in the area when Amotekun was notified.
“We arrested two herdsmen and seized about 200 cows. It was the villagers that invited us when the cows had destroyed their crops on their farms,” Mr Adeleye told journalists in Akure on Tuesday evening.
7-day ultimatum to Fulani herders: Presidency, Akeredolu at war
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…My ultimatum stands Ondo gov
By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon & Johnbosco Agbakwuru
THE Presidency and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, headed for a showdown over the ultimatum given by the latter to Fulani herders to vacate the forest reserves in the state.
While the Presidency said the governor had no constitutional powers to ask anybody to leave the state or any part of the state, the governor insisted, yesterday, that his seven days ultimatum stays.
In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in Abuja, the Presidency maintained that asking the herders to leave could set off a chain of events, which the constitution anticipated and tried to guard against.
The state chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Mallam Garuba Bello said, “We support what Governor Akeredolu has said; he did not say Fulani should leave the state but he wants the criminals to leave the state