SUSPECTED HERDSMEN KILLED DAUGHTER OF AFENIFERE LEADER

The Afenifere image maker added that, the late Olakunrin was travelling from Akure to Ore when her vehicle was attacked alongside others, but as at the time of filing this report, a source said the assailants wanted to kidnap her alongside other occupants of the vehicle, while one the occupants of the vehicle was abducted, Olakunrin was however, unlucky as she was shot dead by the suspects.

Penpushing further reports that the late woman was said to be going to Ondo town to see her mother’s family members (the Awosikas) when she met her untimely death in the hands of the alleged suspected herdsmen.

The Police Command Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph said as at the time of this report that, it could not yet be ascertain whether it was the Fulani herdsmen or armed robbery that attacked the vehicles along the road in which the deceased was traveling.

“Three vehicles were attacked at Kajola along Benin/Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. There was a shootout between the suspected gunmen and the police who tried to rescue the victims along the road notorious for accident and kidnapping’, he said.

“The three vehicles attacked by the assailants included a Land Cruiser jeep with Registration number AAA 147 KM, one Toyota Camry car and one Young Shall Grow bus. The person in the Land Cruiser jeep was killed while eight persons were abducted in the vehicles’.

Penpushing also reports that, the police spokesman said seven of the kidnapped victims were, however rescued by the police, adding that ” one Gerald Ibuoyikha was kidnapped by the suspected herdsmen,stating that  seven people who were injured and rescued were with the Police.

The herdsmen have been accused of extreme violence in parts of Nigeria, majorly in the Middle Belt and South and its also a known fact that their activities have become a source of worry for the citizens, particularly motorists

Penpushing further recalled that, recently  suspected herdsmen launched number of attacks on innocent motorists along Ibadan-Ife-Ilesa road, and during one of the operations, it was recalled that a lecturer with the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife was kidnapped and later regained freedom after ransom was paid to the kidnappers