The Catholic Bishop of Osogbo Diocese, Most Reverend John Akin Oyejola on Monday raised an alarm over looming herdsmen and farmers’ clash in some communities in Osun and Ondo states, saying security agencies and relevant government agencies must deploy proactive measures to nip the development in the bud. The Catholic Bishop of Osogbo Diocese, Most Reverend John Akin Oyejolaraised an alarm over looming herdsmen and farmers’ clash in some communities in Osun and Ondo states, saying security agencies and relevant government agencies must deploy proactive measures to nip the development in the bud. He maintained that there had been alleged influx of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), strange individuals and migration of some herdsmen into some communities in Osun and Ondo states. “Unfortunately, we have not noticed any initiative on the part of the government to manage the problems of security and human right abuse that this may generate in Osun State”, Oyejola asserted. Ojejola further stated that “we are grieved over the situation of security in our country Nigeria at this time.

Source: Nigerian Tribune May 07, 2018 20:51 UTC