We Murdered Yorubas In Ogun Because They Killed Our Cows – Sarkin Fulani Of Yewa

Chief Adamu Ibrahim l, Sarkin Fulani of Igua, Yewa North Local Area of Ogun State, has shed light on the controversy surrounding the recent attacks on Yoruba by herdsmen in the state.

Ekohotblog recalls that houses and properties were set on fire during Sunday Igboho’s visit to the area.

In an interview with Daily Post, Ibrahim said the killing of Yoruba in the Yewa area of the state was carried out by the Fulani herdsmen in to avenge the killings of their kinsmen and cattles.

He said the herdsmen decided to take laws into their hands after the appeal to some residents of the area to stop killing them and complaint to security agencies over the issue did not address the situation, noting that their efforts to stop the killing proved abortive.

“In the past four to five years, we warned the people of Asa, Agbon-Ojodu, Ebute Igbooro and others to stop killing Fulani herders and their cows. They killed our people without destroying their farms. They killed herders and their cows for no just reason. We kept taking records of the incidents to the office of the Commissioner of Police in Abeokuta. We talked and talked, but nothing changed. We don’t have any power than to complain. But we don’t know how everything turned chaotic this year. You know if you continue beating someone everyday, one day the person will beat you back. That is a Yoruba proverb and it is what is happening in that area this year

“When the Yorubas continue killing the Fulanis, they too started to fight back, and I was not at home. I got to know that my houses were burnt. That was how my house was set ablaze six years ago. They (the Yorubas) took away all valuables and killed about 10 cows. Then, the former Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, visited me to see the damage done. He asked what did I want as compensation and I said nothing. I left everything to God. He should judge everybody” he said

Ibrahim also refuted claims that cows encroached on farmlands belonging to Yorubas and destroyed their agricultural produce.

He also described as false claims that soldiers escorted herdsman to the area and beat anybody who would not allow cows to graze on his farm.

He disclosed that soldiers only followed herdsmen to the troubled communities to restore peace and order.

Ibrahim said “We took Army to the place for peace to reign. We brought Army so that anywhere there is crisis, they would settle it. We did that to avoid any trouble this year.”

“The report was that Fulani herdsmen insisted Yewa people must allow cows to enter their farms and those who opposed that were beaten blue-black by the soldiers.

” Where did they say that? Won’t they eat? Won’t they send their kids to school? That report is not true. We didn’t ask soldiers to force people to accept grazing on their farms. The killing of Fulani herdsmen is the root cause of these crises in Yewa North”. He said.

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