Irate youths in Odo-Owa community of Oke-Ero Local Government Area in Kwara State, on Thursday, protested against the presence of Fulani herdsmen in their community.
It was gathered that, the incident is the second of its kind in two months in the community over alleged Fulani invasion.
It would be recalled that, the first incident happened when the house and hotel of Ramon, an alleged Fulani kidnap kingpin, were destroyed following allegations of criminality against him by the Odo-Owa community.
It was learnt that the youths accused the Fulani herdsmen of being involved in kidnappings in the community.
In the process, they allegedly destroyed houses belonging to Fulani herdsmen during the fracas which occurred at about 8pm, Thursday.
The action of the angry youths was to enforce the ultimatum issued to Fulani herdsmen to vacate their community, which expired on Thursday.
It was further gathered that police operatives at Odo Owa police station who attempted to stop the unlawful action of the youths were attacked and their station destroyed.
Speaking on the development, the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Ajayi Okasanmi said ” The Odo-Owa police station was not attacked by the youths as alleged.”
He further explained through text messages that,” the youths became agitated as a result of some suspects arrested in connection with a case under investigation.
“However, the youths dispersed immediately they were made to understand the rationale behind the arrest of those suspects.”
