Bandits kill farmer in Ondo

The gruesome killing of a local farmer, Rabiat Atere, by suspected armed bandits at Oka Akoko, in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has sparked outrage.

Atere was reportedly attacked on her farm in Oka on Monday evening.

The deceased, who hailed from Uba in Oka-Akoko, was said to have invested heavily on the farm before she was violently killed.

A source who spoke to The Nation on Wednesday said the middle-aged woman whose corpse had already been deposited at the hospital morgue in Iwaro Oka was tilting on her farmland when the bandits struck.

“It is a sad incident, but her lifeless body was discovered, and she was taken to a mortuary in Iwaro,” said, after pleading anonymously.

Condemning the dastardly attack in strong terms, the bereaved youths of the community have called on the security agencies to smoke out the suspected marauders and perpetrators to face prosecution.

The youths, under the aegis of Akoko Youth Forum (AYF), claimed that the killing of Atere was masterminded by herders.