Palpable Tension As Suspected Herdsmen Attack Farmers In Igangan, Injured Two

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Suspected herdsmen on Friday evening attacked two farmers at Igangan Town on their way back from work.

The chairman of Igangan Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Okedeji Daniel Olusegun, told Trubune that the farmers did not die although the injuries were serious.

The council boss said he was informed about the incident and that the farmers sustained serious injuries after being hacked by the herdsmen.

An official of Amotekun also informed said that the farmers were already receiving treatment in the hospital.

It was gathered that the incident occurred after a popular indigene of the area, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, had gone to Igangan to warn the leader of the Fulani community over incessant attacks on people of the area.

It was learnt that it was immediately after Igboho left the community that the herdsmen, in protest, attacked the farmers who were returning from the farm.

The Ibarapa axis of the state has faced serious unrest over the last few weeks Akéde Ọ̀yọ́ recall series of incident.

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