Fulani herdsmen have been chased away by the traditional rulers and youths of the Ifedore local government area of Ondo state
Some sources in Ijare town disclosed that the incident occurred after warnings have been given to the herdsmen by the community.
He explained that the herdsmen refused to leave and went far into the innermost part of the town to rare their cows.
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According to him, “These herdsmen have been adamant and it was high time they left. We didn’t harm them but we were surprised the way they ran away like being chases by a lion.
“They have been destroying our farms and we could no longer condone such losses again.We don’t have problem with them but we don’t want them and their cows in Ijare anymore.”
The sources added that the abandoned cattle were later taken to the palace of Olujare of Ijare, Oba Oluwagbemigun Kokotiri for safe-keeping.
Earlier, The Herald reported that the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore warned the newly-inaugurated security outfit, Amotekun against targeting herdsmen in the South-West geopolitical zone.
The group said it has no problem with the outfit as long as it does not subject herdsmen to injustice.
National Secretary of Miyetti Allah, Alhassan Saleh, who spoke on the group’s behalf, said it would not hesitate to activate its defence mechanisms should it find out that its members are being unfairly treated.
“We have no problem with them as long as they will not target our herders. We have our own defence mechanisms. We fight injustice anywhere, not only in Nigeria. So, if they end up meting out injustice to us, we will fight back. That is the truth but we are law-abiding.
“And as herders, we must herd our cows until there is an alternative provided for us. If they give us alternative, we will go there and if they say they don’t want us, those that want to leave, will leave but what we will not sanction is anybody taking the law into their own hands because we have a history of fighting injustice anywhere there is oppression,” Saleh was quoted by The Punch as saying.
He added that instead of establishing Amotekun, the South West governors should have stuck to their demand for state police.