Following a viral video that claimed herdsmen were planning an attack, the Obafemi-Owode Local Government has sent a tactical team to the Ajebo community.
Omolola Odutola, the Ogun Police Command’s public relations officer, assured the community that there was no imminent threat of attack in the area in a statement released on Friday.
In collaboration with Amotekun Corps, So-Safe Corps, Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), local hunters, and Vigilante Group of Nigeria, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, deployed the Command’s tactical team, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, to conduct a thorough intelligence-led assessment of the security situation in the area, she said.
The Fulani settlers in Ajebo are long-established residents who coexist peacefully within the community, according to the operatives. No weapons or suspicious activity were found in the temporary shelters where the children and women were pictured.
The men had traveled to Oyo State for trading activities, which is in line with their usual economic pattern, and there were no adults present.
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A further examination of the settlement, according to the police spokesperson, revealed an additional, allegedly ten-year-old RUGA location.
She claimed that Rueben Oluwole, the region’s traditional ruler, was given permission to grant the settlers’ settlers land use as a source of clarification.
The Baale of Alapako, where another cluster of Fulani huts was located, has also been invited to meet with the Commissioner of Police, according to her.
The forest area, which is about 10 kilometers from the main community, is under constant surveillance from the combined team of security agencies. Because the settlers were discovered to be peaceful and unarmed, their presence is strictly precautionary.
Source: Channels TV
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