Gunmen kill four farmers in Oyo Community
By Modupe Shodeinde
At least four farmers in Konkobudo village, Idiyan axis, a border village located between Ibarapa North and Iwajowa Local Government Areas of Oyo State, have been reportedly killed by gunmen on Monday.
Gunmen on motorcycles were said to have stormed the village in the early hours of Monday and shot the farmers who were asleep on their farmlands.
They also hacked the deceased before fleeing the village.
Punch Newspaper reports that a resident of the village, Ogunniyi Joel, said the remains of the victims have been taken away by men of the Nigeria Police Force in Iwajowa.
“They came over night on about 10 motorbikes, shot the four farmers, hacked them and left. One of those killed is Sunday Okanlawon, a close relation. No one knows their identities whether they were herdsmen or not but the bodies of the farmers have been taken away by the police,” he said.
The Public Relations Officer of Igangan Development Advocates in Ibarapaland, Oguntowo Abideen, confirmed the incident.
This incident comes barely a day after operatives of the Oodua People’s Congress arrested and handed over notorious Fulani warlord Iskilu Wakili to the police.
Iskilu Wakili has been accused of displacing farmers and residents of Ayete, Kajola and other neighbouring villages in Ibarapaland from their farms, kidnapping their rich men and raping their women before his arrest.
