Suspected herders kill driver, machete 77-year-old farmer in Ondo communities

Two communities in Ondo State has witnessed another killings as suspected herdsmen went on a rampage two day ago weekend, killing a commercial driver, identified as Toyin Mala and macheting a 77-year-old farmer, Benjamin Babatunde. As gathered by our news crew, the driver was shot dead at Ajowa community in Akoko North West Area of the state while returning from Abuja. Reporting from the scene of the crime, an eyewitness: “Toyin was from Abuja and on getting to Ago Jinadu he met the bandits and in an attempt to reverse, he was gunned down, while two passengers escaped and the whereabouts of others are unknown.”

The killing of the driver was confirmed by the Divisional Police Officer of Okeagbe-Akoko, Paulinus Onnah.