Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State are gripped by fear over the alleged killing of a 65-year-old farmer, Bashiru Akinlotan.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered Akinlotan was strangulated to death, and his killers set fire to his cocoa plantation.
His corpse was found around 5.30 pm on Wednesday, some 20 meters away from his farm. He was reportedly buried on Wednesday night after the incident was reported to the police.
The Secretary of Farmers’ Union, Taiwo Adeagbo, popularly known as Akowe Agbe, when contacted, told journalists that he led those who reported the case to the DPO at Igangan Police Station.
Adeagbo said, “We met him dead around 5.30 pm about 20 meters away from his 12-acre cocoa plantation.
“Bashiru Akinlotan was about 65 years of age. We reported to lgangan Police Station. The corpse was released for burial by 8 pm.
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He must have been strangulated, and his farm was burnt. So this shows that our area is not yet safe.”
But the Commandant of Amotekun in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), When contacted said the man was not killed by herdsmen.
He said he probably died due to suffocation while trying to put out the fire on his farm.
Olayanju said, ” Autopsy would have revealed the cause of his death, but his family has since buried him.”
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