Killer-herdsmen: Five Governors Meet Abiodun In Ogun For Peace Talks

'Dotun Akintomide
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Four northern governors, with the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu met with their Ogun state counterpart, Dapo Abiodun and stakeholders in Ogun on Tuesday for a peace talk following herdsmen attacks in communities.

Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed about eight people in Ogun, causing tension in the Yewa area of the State.

The four northern governors who had been to Oyo State arrived Ogun at 3:00pm and were welcomed by Governor Abiodun.

The Governors include: Bello Matawale of Zamfara; Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi; Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano and Abubakar Bello, Niger State.

Abiodun had on Monday disclosed that five governors were to hold a security peace meeting with him in Abeokuta, on Tuesday.

The Governor revealed this while leading the security chiefs in the state and some members of the State Executive Council to the troubled area in Yewa Local Government Council terrorised by suspected herders.

Abiodun, while addressing some aggrieved villagers at Oja-Odan and Igbooro where three to four villagers were reportedly killed and nine injured on Sunday night had a hectic time in calming them down over the development.

Some of the areas attacked by the herdsmen are: Eggua, Ketu, Igbooro, Iselu, Agbon-Ojodu, Asa, Ibeku, Imeko and Oja-Odan, all in Yewa area of Ogun State.

He also hinted that all the concerned groups and people would be represented with a view to chatting a way forward on the insecurity situation in the state.

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