Fulani herdsmen have made incursion into Osun State raiding villages to kidnap residents for ransom.
This incident started in Koka village in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday night about 11.50pm, TVC news reported.
The villagers now live in fear following the suspected herdsmen invasion of the community to abduct villagers.
The invaders were resisted by the local hunters and villagers.
A source in the village said the herdsmen stormed the village and started to forcefully pick villagers from homes randomly.
According to him: “Those that attacked us were herdsmen, they were armed and threatening to kill anybody that dares them.
“One of the villagers informed The Hunters Group of Nigeria on phone about the attack and they moved to our village.
“When they arrived the village, those herdsmen started shooting at them. We were scared because of they open fire on the hunters.
“When the herdsmen faced the hunters in a gun battle, the victims they abducted escaped the scene. The gun battles go on for minutes before the herdsmen ran away because some of the villagers also joined forces with the hunters.
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“The operation was not successful because some of the herdsmen sustained injury and hunters also sustained injuries,” he said.
Another source disclosed Police later moved to the village and went after the herdsmen.
Osun Police Public Public Relation Officer, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.
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