Gunmen Terrorizing Ekiti Are Foreigners, Father Of Student Who Escaped Speaks

A farmer and resident of Eporo Ekiti in the Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Mr Gabriel Omoniyi, whose 15-year-old son, escaped being kidnapped on Monday by the abductors of schoolchildren and their teachers has revealed that gunmen terrorizing Ekiti are not Nigerians but foreigners.

Mr Omoniyi who revealed this in an interview with the Punch said it is only the government that can rescue people from the destructive work of gunmen. He stated that Eporo town has been filled with sadness since the ugly incident occurred on Monday.

“We are not happy because our minds are not at rest. All those abducted are residents of Eporo, both children and adults. We are not happy. We have been praying that God will touch their hearts and for the government to come to our aid so that the abductees can be rescued” he said.

Omoniyi further stated that Fulani Bororos are the gunmen terrorizing Ekiti according to his son’s revelation from his experience with his abductors.

“Fulani Bororos are the ones terrorising us, destroying our farms to the extent that we are not at peace while on our farms. Strangely, herdsmen rearing cattle dress like people going to war. They have machetes and jack knives by their sides. 

“Even when their cattle graze your farms, you would never dare ask or challenge them. They threaten with their arms. They had ‘ macheted’ some people for challenging them when farms were being grazed. Even if you have the opportunity to arrest them, everything always ends at the station.

” These evil-doers, if you look at it very well, are not Nigerians. The languages spoken by the Bororos are about four, some of them are even unintelligible to the Hausa people here. It is pitiable that they come from different countries to punish us and the government seems helpless. It is the government that can bail us out. We as farmers.”

Mr Gabriel lamented further, ‘We are not allowed to move about with machetes and others, but the Fulani are armed wherever they are with impunity. If government allows us to defend ourselves, it will be easy. Everybody will then be armed as well.

“As a person, my new oil palm farm was destroyed by their cows. We made noise, but nothing happened. Those that we cannot fight are better handed over to God.”

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