Suspected herdsmen on Thursday night invaded a village in Ogun State and reportedly hacked the community’ s 76 – year- old leader , Chief Ismail Adasofunjo , leaving him for the dead .
The attackers reportedly invaded the village situated under Odeda Local Government Area of the state around 8 : 00 pm, wreaking havoc all across the place including inflicting deep machete cuts to Adasofunjo ’ s head .
The 76 – year – old is said to be in a critical condition at the moment .
According to findings by Newsflash247 , the elderly man was attacked following his wife ’ s alleged failure to sell cigarette to two herders on Thursday night .
When our correspondent visited the community on Friday morning , it was observed that the victim could not speak as he was still in a terrible state at the Alabata Health Centre .
Wife of the victim , Bilikisu , explained that the existence of the herdsmen in their community was becoming a thorn in their flesh .
She disclosed that the attack took place around 7 :30 pm on Thursday night when two of the herdsmen requested to buy cigarettes from her but could not state the brand they wanted .
She revealed that the incident angered the men , who charged at her , forcing her to run for safety .
She explained that her husband , who was at their backyard when the herders first arrived , was later attacked with machete when he tried to rescue her .
She said , “ They wanted to buy a particular brand of cigarette from me around 7 : 30 pm on Thursday and I told them I didn ’ t have that brand .
“ They angrily charged at me and I ran into the house and quickly locked the door but my husband was behind the house at the time.
“ He then stood up to see the cause of the noise , one of the herdsmen landed a machete on his head . ”
Several attempts to get reaction from the state Police Public Relations Officer , Abimbola Oyeyemi failed .
Oyeyemi could not be reached as of the time of filing this report .
