Fulani herdsmen this morning entered Akure South Local Government and forcibly removed all the employees.
The Ondo State Commissioner of police, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju, and the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr. Pedro Ideba, who were alerted to the situation scrambled to move men into the council to quell the situation.
A worker was reportedly hacked with a machete by the herdsmen.
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees have asked the government to intervene in the matter.
Following the incident, the secretariat was deserted by the workers, some of whom returned home after the incident