The police in Ogun State have arrested three herdmen for allegedly killing a 40-year-old farmer, Rafiu Sowemimo.
The police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told journalists on Monday that the arrest of the suspects followed a distress call by people of the village that some herdsmen while grazing their cattle entered the farm of the victim and destroyed his crops. “On receiving the information, the Commissioner of Police, Cp Bashir Makama, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of operations and that of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to move into the scene and ensure that the culprits were brought to book,” he said.
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