No fewer than 20 farmers have been reportedly killed in Akure North local government areas of Ondo State by suspected armed herdsmen
The bandits reportedly attacked four communities ; Aba Pastor, Aba Sunday, Ademekun camp and Aba Alajido camps all in Ala Elefosan at midnight.
Report had it that this was not the first time herdsmen would attack the communities and killed farmers unchallenged by security agents.
According to a community source, 14 dead bodies were recovered in the last 48 hours while many persons were still missing. Residents lamented that over 20 people were gunned down during the night raid by the suspected bandits.
Also confirming the attacks, the Regent of one of the attacked communities, Ademekun Village, Princess Adelowo Adekemisola, expressed sadness over the killings of more than 14 farmers last weekend by the herdsmen who infiltrated the areas and started shooting sporadically.
The Regent, when narrating her experience before the Ondo State government representatives at a town hall meeting with cocoa farmers in Akure on Monday 10th March, 2025, the state capital of Ondo State, said that her community had been battling with the herdsmen problem without security actions.
According to her, the herdsmen came through the Edo-Ondo boundary to attack them.
Confirming the incidents, the Ondo State Police Command’s spokesperson, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, said the police and security agencies are working hard to track down perpetrators and to protect other communities around Akure north council area.
