One of the victims of the mayhem
Oke Ako community in Ikole Local government area of Ekiti State,
was on Friday night thrown into mourning, wailing and gnashing of
teeth, as suspected killer herdsmen invaded the town, leaving in its
wake, two dead men and several others wounded.
Eyewitness told journalists that the incident in which the entire
village was sacked occurred at about 8:00 pm on Friday. A woman, who
identified herself as Mrs Grace Olofin, had during in a telephone chat
alleged that the killer herdsmen invaded the community in large numbers,
caught the people of the community unawares, adding that the invaders
were armed with dangerous weapons like automatic guns, bows, arrows,
swords, matchetes, hacking and mauling their victims with reckless
abandon.
Olofin further alleged majority of the villagers had to scamper
for safety in the bushes to escape the onslaught of the killer
herdsmen, who according to her were hacking the hapless villagers with
their deadly weapons.
She said the invaders had shot sporadically into the air and
killed one Lekan Arosanyin and a yet to be identified person, while
four others sustained various degrees of injuries and were said to be
receiving treatment at a private hospital in Ado Ekiti, the state
capital.
Source: Vanguard
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