Fulani shot farmers, burn ten acre cashew farm in Oyo community

According to reports from Oyo, a farm belonging to a 90-year-old Yoruba chief was torched allegedly by Fulani herdmen after he complained about the nefarious activities of the nomadic group in the state.

The ten-acre cashew farm is located near Wakili Fulani village, Kajola Ayete, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.

SaharaReporters said that seven youths on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, went to the Fulani settlement to inform Wakili, the Fulani leader in the area, about some criminal activities his children were doing and invite him to the palace of a traditional leader in the town.

On getting to the village, Wakili and his men shot four farmers and quickly went to burn the farm close to his settlement, according to SaharaReporters.

Chief Saubana Omileke Oyewole, Odomofin of Ayete, confirmed the farm destroyed belong to his elder brother.

He described Wakili as a monster in Ayete, while likening him to the Seriki Fulani of Igangan, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir, whose house and cars were recently burnt by some youths in Igangan and had to flee the community, according to Sahara Reporters.

The arson attack followed a seven-day ultimatum given by a popular Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho to Fulani herdsmen in the area to leave, blaming them for the spate of kidnappings and killings in the area.