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3 Herdsmen Held for Killing Farmer in Ogun

Matilda Omonaiye/

The police in Ogun have held three herdsmen over the murder of a 40-year-old farmer identified as Rafiu Sowemimo last Sunday.

According to the police, the arrest of the suspects followed a distress call by people of Adao village in Alabata area of Odeda local government that some herdsmen while grazing their cattle entered the farm of one Rafiu Sowemimo and destroyed some of his crops.

The victim thereafter accosted the herders and challenged them to know the reason behind their destructive action. This led to altercation between him and the herders, consequent upon which the herdsmen stabbed him to death.

The arrested herdsmen in police net


Ogun State police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi revealed that on receiving the information, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Bashir Makama directed the Deputy Commissioner of police in-charge of operations, DCP Edward Ajogun, and that of State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department to move to the scene and ensure that the culprit were brought to book.

Oyeyemi stated, “In compliance with the CP’s directive, the officers led other policemen to the scene and with information from the natives; they were able to arrest the three herders who perpetrated the heinous crime. The arrested suspects are; Muhammed Adamu, Saliu Ismail and Saliu Adamu

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police who has been to the village to condole the family of the victim has ordered the transfer of the suspects to Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution.”

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