October 09, (THEWILL) – At least four farmers have been kidnapped at the Agric Settlement area in Iseyin, Oyo State.
The farm settlement along Iseyin-Ipapo-Saki road has a collection of farmers that hired the land from the State Ministry of Agriculture for farming activities.
The four abducted farmers were said to be working at a big poultry farm situated within the settlement.
Late Saturday night, a team of Amotekun men, Soldiers and policemen were combing the large expanse of land of the settlement towards Okeho, Itesiwaju local government axis, where the kidnappers were noticed to have headed with their victims.
Chairman of the Farm Settlement Association, Adepoju on Sunday, said the search team were still in hot pursuit of the kidnappers towards the Okeho forest.
”It is very unfortunate that this is now happening in our area, the government asked us to farm and we are on the farm, the next thing is for kidnappers to snatch us like chickens.
”Those kidnappers came with sophisticated weapons that our Amotekun men do not have, I salute the bravery of our security men because when they were pursuing the men in army camouflage, we could hear the difference in the firepower of the kidnappers as different from that of our local vigilante and Amotekun men”, he said.
The incident has, however, caused panic in the Iseyin community. Some of the residents who spoke with newsmen lamented the rate at which kidnappers operate within the Oke-Ogun and Ibarapa area of Oyo State.
They appealed to the Federal and State Governments to address the situation.
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