… urges Ogun gov to act now to save people
National Association of Seadogs, popularly called Pyrates’ Confraternity, Ogun State Chapter, has condemned the alleged invasion of local communities and killing of farmers in Ogun State by armed Fulani herdsmen.
NAS has also urged Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, to take concrete action on the matter to stem the tide of incessant killings blowing across Yewaland over these years and particular in the past few weeks.
Pyrates’Confraternity, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, said it viewed with serious concern, attacks on local communities, especially in the Yewa area of Ogun State by herders, who not only displaced indigenes, but also have been killing them and destroying their properties.
NAS stated that reports about killer herdsmen perpetrating all forms of attacks, maiming, kidnapping and killing on farmlands in rural and suburban settlements around the country were no longer news to many Nigerians.
It further expressed worries about the escalating onslaught in the South-West region of the country in recent times.
‘NAS stated, “Aside from the incident in Ibarapaland, Oyo State, which spotlighted the resistance of the indigenous people as championed by Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho, other parts of the southwest are also being stretched to the breaking limits by the atrocities of the killer herdsmen, in this instance, Yewaland.
“The people of Owode-Ketu have had their kinsmen kidnapped and killed in an ambush right on their own lands despite reassurances from the security agencies. The killings do not appear to be abating soon, sadly.
“As it stands, residents of these rural communities live in palpable fear as they are confined to their homes and unable to work on their farms knowing full well that they could be attacked anytime the blood baying herders come calling.
“The National Association of Seadogs, therefore, urges the government and its security arms to rise in defence of the people it swore to protect so that the people are not forced to resort to self-help, which could further complicate the fragile peace in the country.”