Amotekun Arrests 250 Cows In Ondo State For Destroying Crops, Farmland

Amotekun arrests 250 cows in Ondo
Ondo State Amotekun Corps have arrested over 250 cows for destroying farmlands and farmer’s crops in Ipogun, Ilara, Owena Dam axes of Ifedore Local Government Area of the State.
The State Security Network Agency had reportedly gotten a distress call and petitions by farmers in the axes of the livestock entering their farmlands eating up their crops.
The Ondo State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye reportedly disclosed the arrest action to journalists in the State capital, Akure, on Sunday at the signing of an agreement for the release of the cows. He reportedly lamented that when he visited the farmlands to assess the level of destruction, he discovered that the herders destroyed over 300 hectares of farmland with crops, including cassava, maize, cocoyam, and yam.
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“I was amazed when I saw the level of destruction when we got to the farm. The herders first attacked us, but later ran away. However, we arrested two of them. We also seized over 250 cows”, he said. According to him, the herders even went ahead to uproot cassava, cocoyam, and yam tubers to feed their cows. Adeleye noted that government would henceforth prosecute owners of seized cows and auction the animals after getting a court order.

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