BREAKING: Residents protest over Fulani cows stray onto Lagos-Ibadan Road and causes accident

Motorists and residents around Onigari at the Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have blocked the road after an accident involving a truck and some strayed cows.

It was gathered that some Fulani herders were leading the cows when they strayed onto the road and caused the accident, the Punch reports.

An eyewitness at the scene of the incident said that the herders fled the scene after the accident.

 “People are protesting to show their anger over the incident. It is causing traffic on the road as we speak,” he added.

In another development, there was tension in Osogbo Monday night through Tuesday morning as youths alleged to be internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Boys’ protested invasion by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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In a video seen by Newsflash Nigeria, the youths were seen shouting and protesting that the operatives of the EFCC raided their Estate and were trying to tow away different exotic cars.

It was gathered that the EFCC operatives carried out a raid within Adetunji Estate around 2am and started conducting house to house arrest of suspected internet fraudsters.

The source also disclosed that over twenty cars were supposedly confiscated and more than thirty-one yahoo boys had been arrested within an hour inside the Estate.

Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Yemisi Opalola who confirmed the incident, stated that police personnel had been deployed to the scene since midnight.

She also stated that the situation had been brought under control.

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