Two people died as herdsmen attack Ekiti community.

Two killed as herdsmen attack Ekiti community..

A late night attack on Oke-Ako community in Ikole local government of Ekiti State by suspected Fulani herdsmen last Friday has left at least two persons dead.

The attack also left several other villagers injured with many of them fleeing to neighbouring Irele, Ipao, Ikole in Ekiti State and Ponyan in Kogi State. This is a serious threat to Ekiti.”

Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola, who visited the town yesterday, said the state government would take all necessary steps to avoid reoccurrence. there is little a man can do.”

The attack came barely two weeks after Governor Ayo Fayose declared war on Fulani herdsmen, declaring Ekiti a “no-go area” for them.

Fayose had during his monthly media chat tagged: “Meet Your Governor” charged the people of the state to lace the rivers with “Gammalin Twenty” to poison the cattle of the Fulani herdsmen.

Indigenes of Oke Ako told our correspondent that the herdsmen invaded the community at about 8.00 pm and launched the attack on the locals many of whom were already asleep at the time.

Oke Ako, a far-flung community located on the northern fringe of the state near the boundary with Kogi State, is about one-and-half hours drive from Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

A resident, Mrs. Grace Olofin, stated that the herdsmen who were armed with guns, bows, arrows, swords and cutlasses killed their victims during the raid.
Another resident, who narrowly escaped death in the attack, Adebayo Ajayi, said the locals had been having issues with the herdsmen on the destruction of their farmlands by grazing of the cattle.

But the state Police Public Relations Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, denied claims policemen arrived the community late.

Former factional Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, who is an Oke Ako indigene, confirmed the deaths.