A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed on Igangan communities as part of efforts to curtail the likelihood of reprisal attacks over the eviction of herders penultimate Friday.
The decision was arrived at by residents and indigenes, including, the traditional ruler, community leaders and youth groups.
They also demanded an investigative committee to look into allegations of atrocities and crimes levelled against evicted Seriki Fulani of Oyo state, Abdulkadir Saliu.
Convener, Igangan Development Advocates, Oladokun Oladiran, told The Nation the curfew option was because of lack of faith in security measures by the government.
He said have not seen the 200 Amotekun operatives reportedly deployed by Governor Seyi Makinde.
He urged the Governor to personally visit the affected communities to see things for himself, especially the havocs unleashed on residents by criminal herdsmen.
He said: “Igangan is going smoothly, things are fine. The town imposed a curfew of 9 pm to 5 am just to secure lives and property.
“It was the joint decision of the monarch, his chiefs, council of elders and all the bodies and associations in Igangan.
“It was a consensus and everyone and anything from 9 pm, there would be a patrol. This is to prevent reprisal attacks.
“The Operation Burst has been deployed to resume patrol including the local vigilante group whom I know would not also go to sleep.”
Emphasising people of Igangan are not against Fulanis in their midst, he explained: “As we speak, if you get to a particular we call Ile Bamogba in Igangan, presently as we speak, you will find Fulanis there. They are living peacefully, going about their daily chores, unthreatened.
“If you get to AUD in Igangan, right now, you will find Fulanis there living peacefully in their houses, coexisting peacefully with our people and they are unthreatened.
“They are going about their daily activities and daily chores, despite all these things. Their business is going on as usual because they don’t have any threat to their lives. No threat at all to their lives.
“So, Fulani people are still living in Igangan. Some Fulanis have stayed with us for years that they even have Yoruba names. Some of them even have Yoruba appellations. So, what are we saying?
“What Igangan and the entire Ibarapa rose up against is a crime Lord. Somebody who has turned crime into business, who is making millions on kidnappings, regardless of the blood that flows or who they kill, who have given the criminals the support they need, who have given the criminally minded Fulanis and Bororos the support they need to carry out these dastardly acts which had led to our people living under an oppressive fear.
“People can’t go to their farms. It’s serious. it’s not an exaggeration, people can’t practically go to their farms. I can’t go to my farm alone.
