A mild drama ensued in Ondo State on Monday when operatives of the State security outfit, codenamed Amotekun, and soldiers clashed over the arrest of over 100 cows that allegedly violated the state’s anti-grazing law.
The Amotekun operatives had seized the cows following distress calls from farmers in Oke Aro area of Akure, the state capital, that their crops had been destroyed.
However, the Amotekun operatives were prevented from taking the cows away by some soldiers attached to the 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, who claimed that they belong to some senior officers in the barracks.
According to an eyewitness, as the Amotekun personnel were marching the arrested cows to their office at Alagbaka area of the state, soldiers numbering about ten stormed the area with Hilux vehicle to prevent them from taking the cows away.
Ondo state commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who confirmed the incident however said it was ”a minor disagreement between the officers of the two security outfits.”
He said it was the arrested herders that hid under the soldiers to cause misunderstanding between the security outfit but has been resolved amicably.
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