Ondo residents barricade Akure-Benin highway over killing of farmer by gunmen

Residents of Ayede Ogbese community, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, connected Tuesday barricaded the engaged Akure-Owo road implicit the sidesplitting of a farmer, Ben Daniels, by gunmen suspected to beryllium herders.

The infuriated residents protested against insecurity wrong the axis, lamenting that the authorities, peculiarly the authorities government, person turned deaf ears to the crisis.

The protesters, who blocked the road for a mates of hours, were equipped with placards with assorted inscriptions specified arsenic “They person finished america successful Ayede Ogbese”, “We request an service checkpoint present successful Ogbese”, “Stop insecurity successful our community”, and “We request answers to our questions”.

The residents said they resorted to blocking the road to gully authorities attraction to their plight.

The unfortunate was said to person been killed portion returning from his workplace astir 9:00 p.m. Monday.

According to sources, the incidental happened a fewer metres from a constabulary checkpoint successful the area.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Abayomi, portion confirming the attack, urged residents to refrain from blocking highways oregon engaging successful actions that could disrupt nationalist peace.

The constabulary spokesperson assured that owed process would beryllium followed to apprehend and prosecute those responsib...