Fulani Herdsmen Clash with Vigilance Group in Kwara

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

Palpable tension has enveloped Oko Obbo lle town in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State on Monday night following the invasion of yet to be identified herdsmen, armed with dangerous weapons and ambushed men of the local vigilance group who were on patrol around 20:30am.

THISDAY checks revealed that, members of the vigilante patrol team were patrolling along Obbo Ile-Isapa axis when they were attacked by the herdsmen.

It was also gathered that one of the vigilance team, Mashud Taye, was injured with matchete cuts before the attackers disappeared into the bush.

According to a release signed by the spokesman of the NSCDC in the state, Mr. Babawale Afolabi, the incident occurred when men of the Obbo Ile vigilance team were on routine patrol.

“On Monday, November 22, 2021, two armed herdsmen attacked a vigilance team of the Obbo Ile community who were on a routine patrol and left one of them with a serious injury as a result of the matchete attacks”, he said.

He also said that efforts of the NSCDC operatives in Ekiti Divisional Office and the vigilance team yielded dividends as one of the assailants, Abdulkadir Ali Doogo, 23, from Omu Aran, was arrested and currently helping NSCDC in further investigations.

“The other herdsman is still at large and efforts are ongoing to capture him while the victim is responding to treatment in the hospital,” he said.