The Ondo State Security Network Amotekun Corps have arrested two underage herders and 49 cows.
According to THE NATION, the father of the underage herders, Ibrahim Musa, 52, was also arrested.
They
were arrested for flouting the state government’s directive banning the
use of underage herders and harassing a septuagenarian in Kajola area
of Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state.
The teenagers were said to have threatened Mrs Victoria Ajayi, 70, with a cutlass.
Mrs. Ajayi said it was her grandson that informed her that cows have invaded their farm.
“That
evening, I was resting after taking my drugs because I was under
medication for hypertension. My little boy called and said there were
cows on our farm. I saw a man standing afar, while the two little boys
were with the cows.
“I asked them to call on their father as they gave deaf ears to my words and looked at me angrily.
“As
I was trying to make the children understand they should take the cows
out of my farm, one of them brought out cutlass and pointed it to my
face. Then I knew I was in for big trouble.
“I quickly called my
little grandson and went inside and shut my door. They were there for
hours as I watch the cows ate my vegetables, pepper and also watched how
they dug my heaps of yams with their legs and eat my long-awaited
ready-to-be harvested yams.
“I quickly reached for my drugs because I
have been managing high blood pressure for some time. I quickly took my
boy and went out through the back door where they could not see me
because I never knew their next move as we are alone in the house.
CREDIT: THE NATION