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Jan 4, 2018: Farmers in Arodoye community, in Akure South local government area of Ondo state,\u00a0on Thursday<\/span><\/span>, were left in tears after herdsmen invaded their farms, destroying over 200 acres of farmlands in the area, while a woman, Patience Salami, was also killed on her farm during the herdsmen invasion.<\/p>\n

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The remains of Salami which was discovered during the holiday were said to be severed by the suspected herdsmen had been deposited at a mortuary at the state capital.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The farmers who lamented over the incessant invasion of the herdsmen on their farms said that millions of Naira have been lost to the destruction of their farms by destroying their farm produce.<\/p>\n

According to the farmers,\u00a0 the herdsmen wrecked the havoc on their farmlands during the Christmas and New Year break when most of the farmers travelled home to celebrate with their families.<\/p>\n

The farmers listed some of the farm produces destroyed by the herdsmen to include, Cassava, cocoyam,\u00a0 yams, vegetables while some part of cocoa farm was set on fire.<\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of the farmers,\u00a0 Justice Micheal Omoyemi, traced the genesis of the invasion to December 2016 when the herdsmen harvested most of the farm produce during the Christmas \/New Year break.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cthe herdsmen also returned last December destroying over 5,000 heaps of cassava in my farm. They took the advantage of the break and brought their cattle and uprooted the cassava to feed their cows.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have reported the herdsmen to the security agents in the past and also to the traditional ruler of Akure, Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo who promised to wade into the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe herdsmen are determined to send the farmers out of the farm in the south west unless steps are taken by the concerned authorities,\u00a0 hence it will degenerate to ethnic clashes in the south west. What they have destroyed in a twinkle of an eye is worth million of Naira\u201d<\/p>\n

Also speaking,\u00a0 one of the farmers,\u00a0 Victory Oweh, said he lost over ten acres to the herdsmen and their cows, saying,\u00a0 the herdsmen also set his farm on fire after destroying his farm.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cwe are just respecting the law of the land and trying not to take law into our hands. We have been reporting them to the security agents with no positive results.\u201d<\/p>\n

He disclosed that he voluntarily resigned from office some two years ago to embrace farming, but said the incessant invasion on his farm has been discouraging him.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cI cannot imagine working all through the year and some herdsmen and their cattle will invade our farms to destroy all my labour in just one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cOndo state government should follow the steps taken by the Ekiti state government by enacting laws to curb the activities of the herdsmen in the state. We are calling on the state government and security agents in the state before taking laws into our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

He explained that one of the farmers, Patience Salami, was killed on her farm by the herdsmen, while no arrest was made to bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the implications of the development, Justice Owoyemi,\u00a0 said with the incessant invasion of herdsmen on farms in the area,\u00a0 \u201cpeople will be sent out of the farm, this will affect food production in the South west.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people depend on farming while some people are destroying these farms, this will not encourage farming. Most of these people here depend on the farm produce to cater for their family and send their children to school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owoyemi however disclosed that the farmers had petition the state governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, Security agencies and the Ministry of Agriculture to intimate them on the havoc wreck on farmlands in the area.<\/p>\n

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Jan 4, 2018: Farmers in Arodoye community, in Akure South local government area of Ondo state,\u00a0on Thursday, were left in tears after herdsmen invaded their farms, destroying over 200 acres of farmlands in the area, while a woman, Patience Salami, was also killed on her farm during the herdsmen invasion. 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