The police in Ogun State are looking to arrest the herdsmen who allegedly set a multi-million-naira cassava farm ablaze.
Spokesperson for the Ogun State police command CSP Omolola Odutola told journalists Friday that the incident occurred in Adao Village, near Abeokuta, the state capital.
“On February 20, 2025, one Mr. Ogunbayo Adewale of Raka Village reported at the police station that upon visiting his 35-acre cassava farmland on February 19, 2025, at about 1640 hours, he discovered that the farmland had been set ablaze,” Odutola said,
“Additionally, some herds of cattle were seen grazing on the farm, and several cassava plants had already been uprooted.
“According to the complainant, upon sighting him, the herders commanded the cattle to flee, but he managed to apprehend one of the cows, which he brought to the police station as evidence.”
She noted that the police stepped in to prevent the arson from escalating into conflict between the natives and the herdsmen.
Odutola explained that preliminary investigations commenced immediately, leading to the identification of the owner of the seized cow while the complainant has equally estimated the damage to his farmland to be at N27.3m.
