A youth group in Ogun State has handed “Fulani killer herdsmen” seven days ultimatum to vacate Yes North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The group under the auspices of Yewa North Patriotic Forum, issued the ultimatum on Friday.
The development came barely 24 hours after suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly murdered five persons in Owode-Ketu, Egua in the council area.
The herdsmen were said to have invaded Owode Ketu community and Egua early hours of Thursday morning and killed the five persons and dropped their corpses in nearby bushes and in the Egua River.
In a press statement by its President, Sanni Omobolaji, tagged ‘YNPF to killer Fulani herdsmen: We can’t condone you beyond seven days,’ the youth group said killer herdsmen in the state would face their full anger if they stay in the area after the expiration of the ultimatum.
“As responsible young people in Yewa North, we have tried to ensure that our coexistence works, even when we are the legitimate owners of Yewa land. But today’s gruesome killing of five of our people has shown that killer Fulani herdsmen can only live in their own world.
“On this note, we call on the state government to immediately deploy a coalition of security agencies to seal off borders with our neighbouring country either through the bushes or through designated routes.
“We also use this medium to give a seven-day ultimatum within which all killer herdsmen must vacate our local government or face the full anger of grieving people.
“If this ultimatum is taken with levity, we shall stop at nothing in ensuring that all unknown Fulanis are flushed out of our local government at the expiration of the seven-day ultimatum.
“We are fully ready to take our destiny in our own hands and not wait till the Fulanis successfully wipe off all our promising children and caring parents.
“Now is the best time to dissolve the marriage of inconvenience between our people in Yewa North Local Government and the killer Fulani herdsmen as we can not condone these criminals beyond seven days in our domain,” Omobolaji said.