By Mustapha Aleem
The Osun State Command of the Nigeria Civil Defence has paraded no fewer than three cattle rustlers, Abu Hamisu, Aliru Lawal and Sulaiman Musa, for reportedly terrorising a farm settlement, Onikoyi, in Ayedaade Local Government.
The arrest, which was made at about 5:30 am on Thursday, was said to have been carried after a tip-off from the community.
Hamisu and Lawal were said to be from the Gbangudu Local Government, while Musa was said to be from Gusau Local Government.
According to the NSCDC state Commandant, Philips Ayodele, we got a privilege information from the office of the kabiyesi, which our intelligence officers acted upon.
He said the rustlers, who were five in number, were armed with charms, guns and some weapons, invaded and destroyed the crops O. The onikoyi farm settlement, adding that the farmers had on several occasions, been attacked by the rustlers.
Ayodele said, “We recovered a lot of weapons, charms, locally made guns with gun powders and local bullets. The farmers in that area have no peace they don’t allow them to rest due to their heinous activities on the farm. We thank God we are able to apprehend these notorious.”
He stated that the rustlers, who claimed to be hunters, could not be identified by the Osun State leader of Miyeti Allah, an association for the Fulani Herdsmen,…, after he was briefed by the security outfit.
He said, “Before you can be a hunter you must know the terrain of the area you are operating in but these people are not from Osun and they still insist they are hunters. The Miyeti Allah in this state cannot recognise them after we spoke to them about the arrest and we have also warned them to always report rustlers who are not from Osun State so that we would be able to identify those who have invaded.”
He urged members of the public to always supply the corps with vital information that would help them rid the society of people with criminal intent, lauding the supports they have getting from sister agencies in the state.
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