Atiba Council Chair, WABKEM Intervenes In Recent Farmer, Herder Clash, Urges Residents To Discard Exaggerated Online Report
…… Sue For Peace
The executive chairman of Atiba local government, Hon. Wahab Waliu Adetunji (WABKEM), has urged the people of Ilowa-Gbade Village in Oyo town and nearby communities to continue living in peace, saying the information circulated on Saturday morning by a blogger was an exaggeration of the actual event.
WABKEM, in a released statement after getting a report from the committee set up to investigate the earlier reported clash between a herder and a farmer at Ilowa-Gbade Village, said the incident was a dispute between two individuals over grazing rights.
The council chairman said the report going viral that, a 25-year-old
farmer, Akinkunmi Tiamiyu got attacked by a 20-year-old herder, Salau Isiaka, at Ilowa-Gbade Village was untrue, as it was gathered that Tiamiyu and Isiaka had an altercation that led to a fight while both sustained injuries.
“Unfortunately, the general public is fed with wrong information about the recent fight that broke up at Ilowa-Gbade Village; the report circulation on social media is not the true account of the event.
” According to information gathered by the committee set up by the local government, which was headed by the council secretary, Hon. Yèmi Oyelami, investigations revealed that a dispute over grazing rights led to an altercation between a 20-year-old herder, Salau Isiaka, and a 25-year-old farmer, Akinkunmi Tiamiyu.
” As confirmed, a confrontation arose when Isiaka took his cattle to graze on Tiamiyu’s cassava farmland. The action resulted in a physical confrontation by Tiamiyu, resulting in a severe head injury to Isiaka and several injuries to Tiamiyu, where he lost two fingers from his left hand.
” After getting the comprehensive report and with the help of Nigerian police, the affected village returned to a semblance of normality, and effort is ongoing to resolve the issue between the aggrieved side.
” In addition to this, I pay an unscheduled visit to both parties at the hospital and make peace talk with them, including an assessment of all the damages and injuries Sustained.
” As It is our administration’s
commitment to ensuring safety and security, we will continue to maintain peace across communities and tribes within Atiba local government.
In his statement, WABKEM appealed to the public, as well as new reporters, to refrain from disseminating unverified and false information that could incite fear and disturb public tranquillity.
He thereafter urged the residents within the local government to report any suspicious activities observed so that the safety and security of communities could be maintained by the security agencies with the help of the people.
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