Sunday Aborisade, AbujaThe Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Tolu Odebiyi, has asked the Federal Government, military, and the police authorities to probe the alleged harassment of his constituents by soldiers and Fulani herdsmen. There were media reports on Saturday that Fulani herdsmen allegedly engaged the services of some soldiers to beat up farmers in some communities in Yewa land in Ogun State, for stopping their cattle from grazing over their farmland. READ ALSO: Outrage as soldiers who escorted herdsmen to Ogun villages flogged Obas, others for rejecting herdersThe report added that many farmers and their family members were thoroughly beaten and wounded by the soldiers during the unfortunate invasion. The Senator also lamented the incessant cases of harassment, brutalization, and maiming traceable to herders in Yewa land. Odebiyi noted that residents of the Ogun West Senatorial District have gone through a lot of trauma in the hands of the military and other strike forces.

Source: Punch January 23, 2021 17:37 UTC