A farmer has been killed and another injured in a land dispute between Iwo and Odo Ekun communities in Isin LGA of Kwara State.
It was learnt that the communities have been involved in an age-long boundary dispute that has defied several interventions.
Narrating the latest incident, which occurred on Monday, an indigene of one of the communities confided in City & Crime that a farmer from Odo Ekun who went to farm in one of the disputed areas was accosted and beaten by members of the Iwo community.
He said, “The attackers, five in number, descended on him and almost lynched him before the Odo Ekun community mobilised to rescue him.
“They (Iwo) later stormed the Odo Ekun with guns and other weapons. They destroyed vehicles, houses and shot one Ekiti-based Mallam Abdulfatahi who came home to celebrate the Eid.”
The police spokesman in the state, Ajayi Okasanmi, said, “One person was killed and another injured, but we have arrested six persons in connection with the incident.
“We have restored calm for now and the police is on ground in the affected communities while investigation continues.”
Mr Hammed Adedokun, another victim, called on the government to release money for their compensation as many of them were old and needed it to survive.
Speaking on the development, the Commissioner for Information said the compensation payment was in process and that the state government had not forgotten the affected property owners.
Also, the Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr Remi Omowaye, appealed to the affected property owners to be patient with the state government, saying the government would reach out to them once the resources were available.
