Residents of Ayete and Tapa communities in the Ibarapa North local government area of Oyo State are living in fear of impending attacks by Fulani gunmen threatened to attack within seven days.
In a Save Our Soul (SOS) letter addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State, Ngozi Onadeko, which was signed by one Adeagbo Taiwo, is titled “lnevitable Attack ls Looming”.
According to the letter, herders threatened to attack the communities within seven days, counting from Saturday,
Taiwo in the letter alleged that 70 Fulani herdsmen, each with an AK-47 rifle on Friday, October 29 came from Ogun State and settled in the Konko Community following an attack on a Fulani by one Lukumon Kongo at the Konko area the day before.
“These Fulanis in question promised the people that they are coming to attack Ayete and Tapa within seven (7) days, as from yesterday,” the letter stated.
The letter also recalled an earlier voice note sent to the Police Commissioner, Oyo State Government, Divisional Police Officers of Ayete and lgangan, Department of State Services (DSS), lbarapa North Local Government, the Local Government Chairman and his Deputy.
In the voice note, a Fulani man being interrogated warned the people of Ibarapa North local Government Area to leave the area before the dry season, which starts from October.
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