Five persons have been reportedly killed during an attack by gunmen at Ajegunle-Powerline community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
An eyewitness farmer, Akin Olowolafe, said on Thursday in Akure that the attack took place on Tuesday at about 3pm, adding that the gunmen entered the farms when farmers were working, shot sporadically in the air, and killed five farmers.
Olowolafe said the gunmen daily attacked the farmlands in the community, and thus made life unbearable for farmers.
“Many farmers in the community have fled their farms for fear of being killed. The attacks are unchecked while there is no intervention from the appropriate authorities.
“The incessant clashes and destruction of farm crops are so worrisome and it has led to boycotting of farms by farmers in the area,” Olowolafe said.
Also, a labourer, Mr Fidelis Daniel, who corroborated the story, said that the corpses had been deposited at the mortuary.
“I was inside the farm too when the incident happened, I just heard the sound of guns, and I immediately ran to my house.
“It was even God that saved me too, they would have killed me.
“They suddenly came with weapons to destroy our crops and killed five people. Three people from Plateau and two from Kaduna State,” he said.
The State Police spokesperson, CSP Funmilayo Odunlami Omisanya, who confirmed the incident, however, cannot confirm the number of casualties.
“There was an attack on the community, and police are still investigating, but I cannot confirm the number of people who were killed,” the PPRO said.
