THREE FULANI HERDSMEN ARRESTED FOR KILLING FARMER IN OGUN

The police said, the victim thereafter accosted the herders and challenged them to know the reason behind their destructive action, adding that this led to altercation between him and the herders, consequent upon which the herdsmen stabbed him to death

‘On receiving the information, the Commissioner of Police Cp Bashir Makama directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of operations and that of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to move into the scene and ensure that the culprit were brought to book’, he said

Penpushing further reports that, Oyeyemi said in compliance with the commissioner’s directive, the officers led other policemen to the scene and with information from the natives; they were able to arrest the three herders who perpetrated the heinous crime.

The Command spokesman  gave identities of the arrested suspects as include; Muhammed Adamu, Saliu Ismail and Saliu Adam, adding that, the Commissioner of Police who have been to the village to condole the family of the victim has ordered the transfer of the suspects to Homicide section of the State Criminal investigation and intelligence department for proper investigation and prosecution