Two persons reportedly died following an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Owode-Ketu and Ijoun villages in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Punch reports that the attack happened on Thursday and that the victims, Isiaka Apesin and Oguntosin Adebayo, were killed on their way to their farms by the herdsmen, who laid an ambush for them.
The report quoted an eyewitness saying that after the killing the farmers, the herdsmen went into the two villages and started shooting indiscriminately and scaring away residents.
According to the source, the killer herdsmen ran into the bush after perpetrating the act.
It was learnt that when the day broke, there was tension in the affected villages, a development that made schools and hospitals in the villages to shut down abruptly.
The Baale of Owode-Ketu, Rev. Sanya Fabuyi, who confirmed the incident said that the villagers were helpless as the herdsmen shot indiscriminately and caused panic in the area.
The youth leader of the community, Mr Sina Olaleye, said the herdsmen, who put on bulletproof vests, immediately fled into the forest after the attack.
“The herdsmen were more than 100 and some of them were putting on bulletproof vests. They are still in the forest now and the police are combing the forest.
“All schools and businesses have been shut down and our people are indoors for fear of being attacked,” he said.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
Meanwhile, the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday warned perpetrators of violence in Owode-Ketu, Eggua, Igan-Alade and Igbogila areas of the state to desist.
“Ogun cannot be defined by crimes and criminalities. Ogun does not have any haven – safe or unsafe – for killers, bandits, insurgents or cultists. We shall spare no action, including ruthless ones, to bring peace, public order into every hamlet, town and city in the Gateway State,” the said through his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin.