The Ondo State government has advised residents, especially farmers to report any invasion of farmlands and unauthorised grazing to the Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, South-West Security Network, codename Amotekun, and other security agencies.
This is as it stated that none is permitted to resort to self-help.
The state issued the directive following a State Security Council meeting in response to renewed hostilities between farmers and herders that resulted in casualties in some border towns between Ondo and Edo states.
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State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
According to the statement, “Undoubtedly, the latest killings are barbaric and condemnable even as efforts have been deepened to apprehend the culprits through inter-state co-operation and synergy.
“Government, however, believes strongly that such situations are avoidable if security agencies are always afforded the opportunity to intervene before the escalation of violence.
