There was confusion on Sunday as suspected herdsmen allegedly ambushed some travellers at Iwaraja along Akure-Ilesa road in Osun State.
One of the travelers said that they all ran into the bush and that the armed herders pursued them into the bush. Many people abandoned their vehicles on the road.
He said the whereabouts of some of the travellers was not known and that they might have been abducted by the herdsmen.
The Police Public Relations Officer for the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, said the herdsmen ambushed the travellers to rob them.
According to the PPRO, “It is true that people that were suspected to be Fulani herdsmen came out of the bush to rob motorists along Akure/Ilesa road.”
She said that policemen were deployed to the area immediately and they were assisted by JTF including local hunters.
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Wale Olokode, had mandated policemen to ensure that the criminals were arrested to face the music.
