Why, how Fulani herders shot man, abducted wife in Ogbomoso

Why, how Fulani herders shot man, abducted wife in Ogbomoso

Khalid ABRAHAM

More insight have been provided into the abduction of a seven-month old pregnant woman in Ogbomoso.

The woman and her husband were attacked in their residence last Thursday night and in the process, the husband was shot in the legs and left for dead.

Though the woman after four days in captivity was set free on Monday after the bandits allegedly collected ransom.

ogbomosoinsightonline.com learned the suspects initially demanded ₦15m ransom but the amount that was eventually paid is unknown.

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The woman has now reunited with her family though recuperating in a hospital. Her husband is also said to be responding to treatment.

Meanwhile, a neighbour (who refused to mention his name) told Ogbomoso Insight that the assailants targeted the man “because he was seen as the main protagonist in the efforts of the community to drive away the herders who wanted to have a settlement in the vicinity. The area is just having human settlement and the herders saw it as an auspicious location to have a settlement.

“But we opposed it because of the danger their being resident there would pose,” the unnamed neighbour said. “We informed the traditional chief under whose jurisdiction the area is, Baale Abede, that we wanted to eject them. We did so, but they came back after two weeks. We drove them away again. And after a month they again returned. The victim was always active in these efforts so they probably marked him for elimination.”

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Investigations further revealed that there were two assailants that night. “They were dropped by a motorcycle but nobody suspected they had evil design. Their target was not at home. They even drew water from a well beside the man’s house. The man arrived at about 10pm, and he entered his house to meet his wife. The herders reportedly retorted that ‘that is him.’ That was when they started the attack, shooting sporadically. We would have confronted them, but the shooting was too heavy and we were armless. They dragged the man out and shot him in the legs, in fact, they left thinking he was dead because the man pretended he was dead. It was after they left that he started shouting, calling for help. That’s when we moved in to rescue him.”

The police and the Amotekun Corps operatives were alerted but the assailants had made their departure before security agents arrived.

Some Fulani residents in the area were later arrested.

Investigations into the matter have meanwhile been intensified.