Angry protesters have shut the Governor’s Office at Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital over the killing of another five farmers by armed herdsmen at Aba Oyinbo in Akure North local government area of Ondo State.
LEADERSHIP learnt that the deceased were shot dead in another invasion by the hoodlums in the early hours of Wednesday.
Not pleased by the disposition of the state government to the incessant killings, the angry protesters stormed the Governor’s Office to display the bodies of the casualties of the invasion.
Commuters and motorists on Akure/Owo Road were stranded as protesters assembled in Ogbese where they barricaded the road in protest.
Recall that armed herdsmen had about a fortnight ago killed 20 farmers in four farm settlements in the same local government.
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