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Armed persons on Sunday killed a farmer in Ekiti State with residents saying they believe the victim was killed by armed herdsmen. The victim, Olayemi Tunde, was murdered on Sunday in Ipao Ekiti, Ikole Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, when the victim was returning home from his farm. Mr. Olayemi, a commercial motorbike rider, had a farm at the Ipao farm settlement, where he had gone to harvest cassava. The attack is coming two days after the state governor, Ayo Fayose, vowed to resist the attacks by armed herdsmen within the state. Violence between herdsmen and farming communities has caused scores of deaths across Nigeria in 2018. A skirmish in January between some herdsmen and Tiv farmers in Ekiti resulted in the death of two persons, a situation which was brought under control with the timely intervention of the governor. The state also operates an anti-open grazing law which regulates the activities of the herdsmen in the communit...

The Department of States Service, (DSS) has arraigned two suspected herdsmen, Namajo Mohammadu, 32, and Abubakar Abase, 18, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged murder and armed robbery. The Prosecution from the DSS, Mr Olaoluwa Olatunbosun told the court on Wednesday that the defendants committed the offence on Jan.18 in Ido-Ekiti. He alleged that the defendants on the said date, while armed with guns and other offensive weapons, unlawfully murdered one pregnant Tiv woman, Mrs Muwaga Felix in her farm. Olatunbosun also said the duo committed the offence of armed robbery to the people of the community. According to him, the offence is punishable under Section 516, 402 and 319 of the Criminal Code. The defendants were not represented by any counsel and their plea was not taken as well. The prosecution urged the court to remand the defendants in DSS custody pending the conclusion of the investigations on them. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Ropo Adegboye, orde...

Terkibi Yakpe, husband of an eight-month pregnant woman, Mnwaga, who was killed by Fulani herdsmen in Orin Ekiti, Ekiti State, has spoken out.