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HERDSMEN CRISIS: OYO DEPLOYS 200 AMOTEKUN OPERATIVES IN IBARAPALAND

THE OYO STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DEPLOYED 200 OPERATIVES OF THE OYO STATE WESTERN NIGERIA SECURITY NETWORK CODENAMED AMOTEKUN IN IBARAPA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE STATE. OF LATE, THERE HAS BEEN CRISIS BETWEEN IBARAPA INDIGENES AND FULANI HERDSMEN ACCUSED OF PERPETRATING CRIMES RANGING FROM KIDNAPPINGS, KILLINGS, RAPE TO INVASION OF FARMLANDS WITH THEIR CATTLE IN THE AREA. IN A STATEMENT ON WEDNESDAY, GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE SAID THE DEPLOYMENT OF AMOTEKUN CORPS FOLLOWED A MEETING WITH SECURITY AGENCIES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CRISIS-TORN AREA. HE ADDED THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS COME UP WITH A SECURITY STRATEGY SAFETY OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES IN THE STATE.