By Gbenga Sodeinde In Ado Ekiti
The Lawmaker representing Ikere Constituency 2 in the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon.Tunde Idowu has called for intervention from the State Government to rescue his community from incessant attacks by helders and cattle rustlers.
Hon. Tunde Idowu made the call over the weekend during a chart with the Journalists over the ugly incident that occurred in Ikere Ekiti between the Herders, Cattle Rustlers and the Residents.
The Lawmaker condemned the incessant attacks on their farm lands in Ikere Ekiti and called on His Excellency Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji and other stakeholders to rise up to the situation and rescue Ikere Ekiti Community from the hands of this unscrupulous men.
Hon. Idowu “said I was deeply touched and emotionally disorganised by the ugly activities of the herders and Cattle Rustlers in my Constituency, it has been persistent and now become unbearable for us in the last two weeks, the Fulani herders has carried out series of terrible destruction on our farm lands, Banana
Casava, Yam plantations and Cocoa farms were burnt” he said
Meanwhile, Hon.Idowu commended the unwavering efforts of the Ekiti State Government and the swift action of the two Local Government Chairmen in Ikere Local Government to checkmate the menace of the Herders, Cattle Rustlers in the area.
He enjoined all other relevant Security agents to redouble their efforts and charged the residents to be law abiding as Government is on the top of the situation.