By Precious Oluwole

Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly led by the Speaker,Rt.Hon(Chief) Olamide Oladiji have in strong terms condemned the recent killings of a farmer,Mrs Ayelabola Lucia, and an Okada rider,
Sunday Oladele , popularly known as ‘Arogidigba’ at Ago Oyinbo in Igbatoro Familugba Community,Akure North Area of the State by men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

In a press statement made available to journalists today in Akure by the Chairman, House Committee on Information,Hon(Chief) Olatunji Oshati, the lawmakers described the killings as senseless and barbaric.

Earlier, the lawmaker representing Akure North Constituency,Hon.Kolawole Ologede, called for urgent action from the State government and security agencies to protect the lives of farmers in the area.

Expressing concern and sadness over incessant killings in the Constituency by the suspected herdsmen,he lamented that such may discourage farmers from working if not urgently addressed.

The House later urged community leaders and dwellers to collaborate with security agencies with a view to identifying the perpetrators, appealing to the youths in the area to maintain peace and avoid considering reprisal attacks.

While calling for immediate investigation into the ugly incident,the lawmakers sympathised with the families of the deceased, assuring that the perpetrators would face the full wrath of law when arrested.

It would be recalled that in August this year,two farmers, identified as Segun and Paul were attacked by suspected herdsmen while working on their farmlands.