Gbenro Adesina
Oyo State House of Assembly has condemned Fulani herdsmen over their incessant attacks on farmers in Orire Local Government Area of Ogbomosho, asking for full investigation into the recent incidents in the area, which have reportedly led to death of farmers and destruction of farmlands.
This was part of the resolutions of the House on Tuesday August 25, 2020, while deliberating on a Matter of urgent Public Importance on the need to protect lives and properties of farmers in the council area from the incessant herders’ attacks.
The matter was jointly brought to the plenary by Hon Sanjo Adedoyin (Ogbomoso South) and Hon Jacob Bamigboye (Oriire).
The House, while urging the Oyo State Government to put urgent measures in place for the effective take off of Amotekun corps as well as implementation of Open Rearing and Grazing Regulations Law, 2019, also appealed to the state Commissioner of Police to mandate his officers to handle cases between farmers and herders with fairness and equity to ensure justice.
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, while reading the resolutions of the House, further directed the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources to liaise with the executive arm of government on modalities for the implementation of the Open Rearing and Grazing Regulations Law 2019, while the House Committee on Security and Strategy was mandated to update the legislature on the Amotekun corps.
Adedoyin had earlier alleged cutting off of a farmer’s hand at Boluwaduro last year, attack on a farmer at Alaropo in July this year, raping of a farmer’s daughter and destruction of farmlands by suspected Fulani herders, adding that the incessant attacks had impoverished the farmers.
In his own submission, Bamigboye lamented the way Fulani herders are using their animals to graze on the host farmlands, stressing that villages like Tewure,Araromi,Igbo Eleru,Animashaun,Onikoko, Budo-Afa,Kango, Oko-Oba among others have tales of woes to tell from the hands of Fulani herders.
