From hideout, I saw policemen hack dad to death, shoot his nephew dead – Son of Ogun farmer labelled a terrorist by police

Daud Olatunji writes about the dust raised by the killing of two villagers in Ogun village by police who subsequently labelled them terrorists

‘I escaped by a whisker when the police ambushed my father and his nephew. They rained bullets on them, but the bullets did not penetrate their bodies. One of the policemen later moved closer to them and forcibly took the Dane gun belonging to Bara (Kolawole) and shot him to death.

“The same policeman approached my father, took his machete and hacked him to death. I saw how he killed them from where I hid, “said 25-year-old survivor, Alani Ojugbele.

The duo were allegedly killed by the police a few hours after an Inspector, Omolayo Olajide, was murdered by yet-to-be-identified persons during a clash between some herders and Yoruba farmers in Saala Orile, Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The two victims were identified as Kolawole Bara and Sole Ojugbele. While Ojugbele was said to be a nephew to the village head, Bara, popularly called Alape, was identified as a younger brother to the village head of Adekan village near Saala-Orile, Chief Adisa Bara.

Speaking with our correspondent, Ojugbele said the duo and himself were on a motorcycle moving around the villages a few minutes after the violent incident.

He said they were stopped abruptly by a team of policemen around Saala-Orile who shot at them.

He said “I am a farmer. I was with my father when he was killed. Some people came to our house to tell him that the baale wanted to see him and he left. When he returned home, he said the baale asked him to check the village and give him a report of what was happening there. That was how I went with my father to visit the area. When we were returning, my father said that we should pass Saala Orile.

“We decided to assess the areas from Saala Orile to Ijaka-Oko. We saw some policemen at Vulcaniser bus stop at Saala Orile junction and we passed them by towards Ijaka-Oke. We later turned towards Ijaka-Oko after looking around the area. On our way back, the police were still at the junction with their van

“The bike we sat on was driven by Alape (Bara). We went through the area and we turned back towards Saala-Orile to pass through the area to our house. As we passed Ijaka-Oke to Saala-Orile Junction, we met some policemen and one of them alighted from the van and started shooting at us.

“As he shot at my father and Alape, the bullets didn’t penetrate their bodies. But after he exhausted the bullets in his gun, he moved towards them and snatched the gun held by Alape and shot at him at a close range. The gun penetrated his body and killed him. Another cop at the same time dragged my dad from the back and used a machete to kill him.

“I fled when the cop started shooting and hid somewhere around. If not for the fact that I was also fortified from bullets, I might have been killed too. It was the police that hacked my father to death and shot Alape dead. After killing them, they put their bodies in their van and drove away. It happened on the Saala-Orile Road near a mechanic shop in the area. My father was not a bandit. He was a farmer. Alape was also not a bandit, he was a hunter.”

Announcing the inspector’s death, the state police command said he was shot dead by terrorists during a gun duel in the area. The police labelled Bara and Ojugbele killed the crisis as terrorists.

The spokesperson for the police in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement said the incident occurred on Tuesday, January 24, 2022 in Saala-Orile forest in the Yewa-North LGA.

Oyeyemi noted that the operatives of the state police command gunned down two terrorists during a gun battle in the forest following the alleged attack on some herders.

Oyeyemi claimed that the duo were killed following a distress call received by policemen attached to Ayetoro division that a group of terrorists were attacking some Fulani herdsmen at Isaala Orile forest.

According to him, the DPO Ayetoro, CSP Bernard Ediogboyan, quickly led his men and operatives of the joint security intervention squad to the scene.

He said, “On sighting the policemen, the bandits opened fire on them and the policemen replied fire for fire.

“At the end of the encounter which lasted for about 20 minutes, two amongst the bandits were shot dead while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries. Regrettably, an inspector of police, by name Omolayo Olajide, lost his life during the gun duel.”

But the villagers disagreed with the police, saying that those killed were not terrorists but hunters and farmers.

The villagers identified them as village high chiefs who worked with the village head, Chief Adisa Bara of Adekan village.

In its reaction to the development, Yewa North Patriotic Forum faulted the police on the killings.

The forum in a statement by its spokesperson, Fatolu Ganiyu, condemned the killing of the villagers by the police during a clash between farmers and herders in the area.

The statement read in part, “The forum finds it mischievous, despicable, and inciteful a press release issued on the recent Fulani herders-farmers clash in Saala Orile by the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command, signed by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi (PPRO Ogun State Police Command).

“It is saddening and unacceptable that the police could descend that low to support those suspected Fulani herdsmen which they have known from time immemorial to have been terrorising the farmers, kidnapping and killing innocent citizens.

“It is a deliberate fabrication by the police to tag innocent villagers living within Ayetoro, Saala Orile, Erinpa and neighbourhood as bandits. This obviously was done in a rush to cover up the unprofessional way its men handled the conflict at Saala Orile.”

The forum stated that despite the state anti-open grazing law, the same thing happened when herdsmen with their animals invaded farms of innocent farmers at Saala Orile, Erinpa, Agada and Ogodo, destroying the farms.

It added, “The farmers then called on the hunters to help chase away the animals from their farms. It was at this point that the well armed herders brought out weapons and attacked both the hunters and farmers.’’

The forum alleged that the herders called the police who promptly responded whereas they never answered previous calls by the farmers to come for their protection.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that the killings were triggered by the inspector’s death. It was gathered that the crisis erupted after some herders living in neighbouring villages grazed their cattle on farms located in some villages such as Erinpa, Agada, Ogodo, Ijaka-Oke, Adekan and Saala-Orile .

Irked by the loss, some farmers reportedly sought help from Agbekoya and hunters in the area who confronted the herdsmen over their action. The clash between the Agbekoya and the herders didn’t record any casualty.

The herders reportedly alerted the police who allegedly stormed the place to protect the herdsmen said to be under attack. Some villagers who spoke to Saturday PUNCH on condition of anonymity said the police opened fire on the hunters but the bullets didn’t penetrate.

It alleged that the hunters in self-defence killed one of the policemen while other cops fled for reinforcement.

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What a weird event.. the matter should be properly investigated tho..
If this is true then It's quite unfortunate Killin someone you are meant to protect in such horrible manner..

Nigeria Police. They should be brought to book. No murderer should wear the police uniform

Fulani herdsmen are terorists and Yoruba Muslims are their supporters,

This country, nobody is safe.

Nigerian police and dishonourable acts

Call Nnamdi Kanu any name in the book,
But always remember this was the first man to predict this!
In all the books I have read about history, the truth teller is always the most hated

Maybe state police will work better because they won't get orders from the top to protect killer herders by all means

Killer herders are being protected while innocent indigenes are killed.
I'm honestly tired of the stories everytime .

The credibility of this news is questionable.

So zoo police are now killing Yoruba ppl in their bid to protect terrorist foolanis?
Well,Yoruba and Fulani are one.
Thiefnuubu 2021

This is what Yorubaland has turned into, Fulani slaughtering them across the SW and the Police/army protecting the fulani trespassers with no recourse, and some idiots think some useless Presidency in 2023 featuring old corrupt thieves ( and when I mean thieves it's not just Tinubu alone,it includes idiots like Orji Uzo Kalu, Atiku, Saraki etc) will make their situation any better.

Ant-infested firewood in 2015, lizards in 2022.

This is why a country like canada will deny visa to members or former members of the Nigerian police force. Believing and trusting a member of the NPF is a risky and dangerous adventure nobody in his right senses will want to venture into.

The Nigerian police still remains the most useless police force in the world ...
How do they feel when they kill innocent people and name them criminal.....

Igbos causing trouble everywhere in Southwest, trying to make Yorubas and Fulanis hate each other, they have failed because Fulanis and Yorubas are brothers, that's why Buhari used Yoruba man as VP. 2023 Fulanis will also make a Yoruba man President while Igbos continue with their potopoto online country with Lamidi Kanu, yeye Igbos




Yoruba land is safe, and it can never be like Igbo people Afghaneastern potopoto republic

So Reports from the East that d Police are killing innocent ppl and tagging dem ipob and UGM is true after all..

HEADSMASHER SEUNMSG HELINUES THERAREGEM1 LEGENDHERO GBAGURA

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Wetin Dey sup

He b lik say NPF na grooming place for Criminal nd Monster's...


The other day dem warn us say Armed Robber dey join NPF...

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helinues:
The credibility of this news is questionable.

Toh! This is Nigeria, you can't trust both the accused and the accuser.

Many things are happening

franchasng:
Igbos causing trouble everywhere in Southwest and thinking they will go scold free, yeye Igbos

I read your signature and I knew you were brainless

From the report, I think the clash was about mistaken identities.

Wahala

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Kill them and their families too

Different things just dy happen

Many Yoruba Muslims always back the Fulani herdsmen against their own people.