Fear as herdsmen write Ogun communities over planned attack

Residents of Asa, Agbon, Ibeku and Oja-Odan communities in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State are now under fear of possible attacks following letters they received from those they described as killer herdsmen.

The unknown persons were said to have written residents of the Ogun communities in Ogun state, threatening to invade their house in a reprisal attack.

According to the notice pasted on walls across the villages concerned on Saturday, the men informed the residents of their intention to attack the communities soon.

In the letter written in English and Hausa languages, the said herdsmen notified leaders of the communities to expect their coming between December and January, 2023.

“Attention! Attention!! Attention!! To all following communities; Asa, Agbon, lbeku, Oja-odan and its environs.

“You think you can send away our people from the land they bought in Nigeria, our fathers land, you kill our people, you kill their cows, you take over all their properties. You think you can go scot-free. It’s high time we came for revenge.

“All the above-mentioned communities’ leaders should prepare for the war between December and January. We are coming to take back our father’s property,” the notice read.

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed that he had seen the letter