Suspected Herdsmen Unleash Terror On Female Farmers In Ekiti |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

For their refusal to allow themselves to be raped by hoodlums, suspected to be herdsmen, three women in Ekiti state are currently on danger list at a government hospital.

This, it was gathered, was the aftermath of attacks on them by the suspected herdsmen at their resident in Irele-Oke-Ako area of Ikole local government.

According to an eye witness account, the victims were  attacked with cutlass leaving them with deep cuts on their heads before they were rushed to the General Hospital, Ikole Ekiti.

It was gathered that the herders, numbering about six, invaded the building where the women reside and demanded for money.

Reports indicate that the women claimed that they had no money with them except one N200 note they gave to their attackers.

The herdsmen reportedly collected the money and made attempt to forcefully sleep with the women.

The refusal of the women to release themselves for the sex bout resulted to the attack, before the attackers fled the scene.

A top Aide of Ekiti state Governor on Security, Mr Dele Olugbemi, who confirmed the incident, described the attack as unfortunate.

Irele, a farm settlement in Ekiti state has become a volatile area as herdsmen have almost sent packing, farmers from their farms and took over the entire area.

The farmers had made several appeals to the state government to assist them to reclaim their farm from the herders but, it seems government is helpless, even the state security outfit, Amotekun could not help the situation.