Man laments midnight raid on cattle farm
A farmer in Ibadan, Mohammed Abubakar, has lamented an alleged attack that caused damage and loss at his Ilaju cattle farm on Eruwa Road in Ido Local Government of Oyo
A farmer in Ibadan, Mohammed Abubakar, has lamented an alleged attack that caused damage and loss at his Ilaju cattle farm on Eruwa Road in Ido Local Government of Oyo State.
He said the attack caused disruption in his farm about 4 am, adding that the matter was reported at Ido Police Station.
Speaking with reporters, Abubakar said: “That Thursday midnight, after we had left our farm, it was during sahur that they came in a convoy to raid our cattle farm, about 4am. They killed one of my cows and took six away. We went to Ido Police Station to lodge a report. Our place is at Ilaju on Eruwa Road.
“As we were coming with the police to the cattle farm, we met them (the officials) on the road. The leader of the team, a retired deputy commissioner of Police, said we should come to the secretariat.
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“For instance, if they took away your cow that is worth N10 million, they could ask you to pay N20 million to reclaim it. We did not graze on anybody’s farm. And they came in the dead of the night. We can’t go to their office because they could detain us. We have called the number they wrote on the paper given to us, but it is not responding.”
Spokesman for the police command, Ayanlade Olayinka, who confirmed the incident, explained that the operation was official, saying the state government had earlier warned cattle herders against open grazing.
He said the state Law Enforcement Authority carried out the raid, in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment, urging Abubakar not to be afraid of visiting the ministry to get the matter sorted out.
