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Suspected herdsmen have reportedly killed and beheaded a farmer identified as Unaha Enesi on his farm located at Ago Panu at Upenmen, Owo, along Owo/Ikare road in Ondo state.
It was gathered that the herdsmen after killing the middle-aged victim, made away with his head.
The deceased who hails from Kogi state was said to have been carrying out his farming activities at Ago Panu for years until his untimely death.
According to an eyewitness account said that a search party was organised by his family members after they waiting for him to return to the house after the days of farming.
” But, unfortunately, the search party only discovered his lifeless body in a pool of blood with his head cut off.
A friend of the deceased, who is also a farmer, Ibrahim Adeiza, described him as “a hardworking young man, an easy-going man who never quarrels with anyone.
Adeiza said the deceased’s gruesome murdern has raised serious fear among the people living in the community.
He said that ” the people are now apprehensive of going to the farm for fear of being killed.
The council chairman of Owo, Chief Samuel Adegbegi, who visited the community over the death of the young man, assured the people of adequate security of their lives and properties.
The state police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, said the matter was yet to be reported to the headquarters by the Divisional Police Officer DPO in Owo.
Odunlami pleaded for time to reach out to the DPO for full detail of the incident.