Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, on Sunday, visited the family of the two victims killed by Fulani herdsmen in Isaba Ekiti while on their farm.
Newsflash had earlier reported that there was a protest on Saturday, in Isaba-Ekiti, Ikole local government area of Ekiti state, following the killing of two farmers by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the community.
One of the victims was identified as Toyin Akeju popularly referred to as Jisoro in the community while the other was said to be a labourer simply known as Yusuf Onuche invited to work on the farm.
They were said to have been shot dead on their farm, on Friday.
Newsflash gathered that the two victims were declared missing, on Friday, after they failed to return home from the farm.
He added that the families approached the Amotekun corps who initiated a search team alongside the local hunters and the police to the farm where they met their corpses with gunshot wounds, on Saturday morning.
The source explained that the incident was a reprisal attack by the herdsmen who were challenged by the farmers, on Thursday on the farm.
According to him,”The two of them went to the farm, on Friday, and they did not return throughout which makes the families report to the Amotekun corps. The Amotekun operatives went to the farm searching for them only to meet their lifeless bodies with gunshots, on Saturday morning.
” Obviously, it was a reprisal attack because, on Thursday, these particular farmers were in the farm and had issues with the herdsmen to the extent that they overpowered them and collected cutlasses from the herders.
” The herders went home and returned, on Friday to commit this dastardly act against the farmers who only challenged them a day earlier. It is a very sad situation.”
Meanwhile, the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, visited the families of the deceased in the community to commiserate with them.
Fayemi, who posted on his Twitter handle, said he reassured Ekiti and their family victims that he will get to the bottom of this sad occurrence and bring all the criminals involved to book.
He said:
“Yesterday, two of our farmers from Isaba Ekiti, Mr Toyin Akeju known locally as Jisoro and Mr Yusuf Onuche were found dead on the farms with wounds from gun shots suspected to have been fired by Bororo herdsmen. This, understandably, generated a lot of anger in the community.
“This morning I visited the families of the deceased in the community. In offering commiserations of the government and all our people, I reassured them that we will get to the bottom of this sad occurrence and bring all the criminals involved to book.
“This is one killing too many and we must do all we can to protect all citizens. May the souls of the departed rest in peace. Amen”.
