Horrible! Woman, 75, Raped at Farm in Ondo by Suspected Herdsmen

A 75-year-old woman simply identified as Madam Victoria Akinseye has alleged that two Fulani herdsmen attacked and raped her at her farm in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The shameful incident which happened recently, sparked a protest in the state yesterday, with residents calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the suspected herdsmen.

According to Tribune Online, a youth group under the auspices of Ondo State Youth Coalition (OSYC) and farmers yesterday converged in Akure, the state capital, to protest the rape of the septuagenarian.

Narrating the bitter experience in the hands of suspected herdsmen, she said she was working on her farm on the fateful day when the two Fulani herdsmen took turn to rape her.

”I was working on the farm when the two men invaded my farm and before I could question them on their mission in my farm, they gagged me and tore my clothes before they raped me one after the other.

They threatened to kill me thereafter if I make any noise and they left me in the farm after injuring me.”

Meanwhile, the group called on the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, threatening to take laws into their hands if the state government failed to address the issue immediately.

Reacting to the issue, the coordinator of the OSYC, Oluwatuyi Adekanmbi, said herdsmen had not only raped women and destroyed farms in the state; they had also resorted to killing, terrorizing and kidnapping farmers in their farmlands.

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“The herdsmen are trying to make farming impossible for our people who are now afraid to go to their farms.

The Fulani herdsmen have become terror by killing, attacking, raping our women and even burning their farms. They are taking advantage of our civilised way of life for cowardice but if we are pushed beyond our tolerant threshold, we can be militant as the other groups and they should take notice that terror will breed terror.

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One of our farmers, Orimisan Omowole, was murdered in his farm in Odigbo LGA of the state. After killing him, they took out his heart and placed it on his chest.

We are not against cattle rearing or saying cattle rearing should be banned but we don’t want free grazing of cattle in our farms with wanton destruction of our crops and means of livelihood.”

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