From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
Unknown gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen on Monday hacked one Biodun Fakoro to death in a farm at Egbe in Yagba West local government in kogi state.
The locals reported that late Abiodun was declared missing earlier but after a frantic search, his dead body was found by the security operatives and village vigilante.
According to the report from the area, Biodun’ s lifeless body was seen with different cuts and tired to a tree along the road leading to his farm in the surbub of the town.
“His assailants killed him, inflicted a lot of cuts on him and tired his lifeless body to a nearby tree in the farm”, said a local from Egbe .
Late Biodun, a popular mechanic in the Egbe town was said to have married last month.
Sequel to this ugly incident, the residents allegedly descended on herdsmen living in the environment, leading to destruction of property, including burning of their hurts and motor cycles.
It was gathered that the security operatives, including soldiers have since been drafted to the areas to restore laws and orders.
When contacted, the kogi state Police command’s Public Relation Officer, (PPRO), SP William Aya confirmed the incident stressing that one person was declared missing in the previous day but his dead body was later found along a farm parth, thus igniting reprisal attack from the residents on perceived assailants.
“His decomposing body was found in the farm on Monday afternoon. Investigation is in progress to unravel his killers”, he said.
SP Aya stated that the state commissioner of police, CP Edward Egbuka has drafted a crack team of security operatives to the place to restore normalcy and apprehend the culprits behind the criminal act.
