Fulani lament kidnappings by fellow herdsmen
Fulani settlers who live in their camps in Kwara State have raised the alarm over incessant kidnapping of their own, calling on government and law enforcement agencies to save them.
The Fulani residents particularly in Ekiti, Oke Ero, Irepodun and Isin local government areas of the state made the appeal in Ilorin yesterday, while narrating their ordeals to newsmen.
Their spokesman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, said about six of their members had so far been kidnapped at Oko, Omu Aran, Osi, Obbo Aiyegunle, Obbo-Ile, Ekan Meje and Otun in Ekiti State.
He disclosed that victims have been forced to pay ransoms ranging from N300,000 to over a N1 million before they could secure their release after some days in captivity.
Not only that, Ibrahim added that the kidnappers also double as rustlers, stealing their cattle and forcefully collecting proceeds they made on selling their cattle at the end of each cattle market day.
He disclosed that "a timber operator kidnapped around Obo Ayegunle was tied to the tree and N2 million ransom was demanded by the kidnappers, but the victim was lucky to have been saved from the kidnappers who were sighted and took to their heels."
The spokesman lamented that the kidnappers were Fulani of Bororo extraction with few Yoruba recruited as their operatives.
The Fulani spokesman further disclosed that one Ibrahim Dasuki (aka Dowuro), a notorious Fulani and the kingpin of the kidnapping gang, used to brazenly call prospective victims ahead of their operations, demanding for money to escape being kidnapped.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Ndakene Kulende Sidikat Uthman Ajibola Elekoyangan Shonga Farm Project Elerinjare-Ibobo National Information Technology Development Agency Yetunde Balogun Okin Biscuit GGDSS Pakata Oyin-Zubair Dele Belgore Lanre Issa-Onilu NIRSAL Plat Technologies Ibrahim Abiodun Illyasu Abdullahi Ahmed Dankaya Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi Tope Daramola Taofeek Sanusi Aishat Mohammed Lawal Bilikisu Oniyangi Idowu Laro New Model Police Station Abraham Ojo Eghe Igbinehi Shehu Adaramaja Lanre Badmus Al-Ilory Kwara Consultative Forum Eleja Taiwo Banu Bola Magaji Afolabi-Oshatimehin Radio Kwara Rotimi Oyedepo Onilupeju Of Ilupeju Ajike People Support Centre Ajikobi Www.Kwarareports.com SUBEB Yahaya Seriki Gambari Moji Makanjuola Code Of Conduct Bureau Mustapha Akanbi Otoge Elese Of Igbaja Omotoso Musa Abdulrahman Iliasu David Oyerinola Adedunmoye Moro MalHub Sidikat Akaje Isapa Kemi Adeosun Fawenu Ijagbo Health Centre John Dara Alfa Modibbo Belgore Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen Abdulwaheed Musa Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim Inside Kwara Ajibola Saliu Ajia Akeem Olatunji KWACOBPA Saheed Alakoso Yusuf Amuda Gobir Raymond Olaitan Fatimah Abdulkadir Omoniyi Jalala Bio Ibrahim Dunmade Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa Sulyman Abdulkareem KWASAA

