Tension mounts as trucks loaded with herders invade Ondo community


Tension is mounting at the border town of Ajowa in Akoko northwest local area of Ondo state as  three trucks loaded with strange herdsmen from the north stormed the town’s forest without notice in the night.

A reliable source they sneaked into the area in the night and the people went to the forest and confirmed same.

Recalled that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu  had directed herders to register for regularisation of their operations in the state and failure, they should vacate the state.

Two of the youths Soji Ogedengbe and Audu Badru who led others to the forest confirmed to newsmen that they met many herders who couldn’t explain how they got to the area.

The community leaders and the leader of the vigilante group expressed worries over the development and called on the security agencies and the state government to act fast before the situation degenerate.

They however fingered an indigene called Ojo to be a brain behind the illegal immigrants settling in Ajowa Akoko forest.