Fulani herdsmen rape women and destroy farmlands in Ogun State

Six traditional rulers in Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government
Area of Ogun State, yesterday, raised alarm overthe alleged
destruction of farmlands and the rape of women by Fulani herdsmen in
the area.The monarchs said activitiesof the herdsmen and their cattle
posed serious threat to security in the area.Addressing newsmen at its
inaugural meeting held at the secretariat of the local government in
Ijebu-Igbo, the monarchs said it had become imperative for government
to check the alleged destructive and nefarious activities of the
herdsmen in the area beforethey get out of hand.They appealed to Ogun
StateGovernment to take immediate steps to bar the herdsmen and their
cattle from the community to avoidany form of confrontation between
them and the people of Ijebu Igbo.Three of the six traditional rulers,
who constitute the council, theSopen Lukaleof Oke-Sopen, Oba Mufutau
Yusuf;Kegboof Atikori, Oba Ibitoye Solaja andBejerokuof Oke Agbo, Oba
Olaoye Abas, and 21 other chiefs and prominent indigenes of the town,
who attended the meeting, stressed that the destruction of the town's
farmlands by the herdsmen had imposed untold hardship on the people of
the community who are mainly farmers.