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A community leader in Ogun State, Chief Toyin Amuzu, has urged Governor Dapo Abiodun to be proactive and rally stakeholders and security chiefs to tackle herders’ menace before it worsens.

He was reacting in Abeokuta to suspected herdsmen, who reportedly shot a woman, Morenikeji Salami, while going to her site on Oru-Awa Road in Ijebu-North Local Government.

The herdsmen were said to have meted out brutality to residents of Ketu-speaking villages in Yewa North Local Government. They were escorted by soldiers, to enable their cows graze in the communities.

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Amuzu advised Governor Abiodun to prioritise security of lives and property.

“The bandits are here in Ogun State terrorising our people. They are in Odeda. Those in government should stop playing politics of receiving favour from Abuja. They should protect the lives of our people. Anyone who commits crime should be treated as a criminal by the government, leaving out ethnicity and occupation. In fact, reporting them as Fulani or herdsmen is merely reducing the issue. They are either bandits, robbers or kidnappers,” he said.

Amuzu noted that Nigerians can live in any part of the country, but advised that it was not out of place for the government to ensure profiling, Close Circuit Television (CCTV) and other security measures.

Amuzu, who symphatised with kidnap victims, also commiserated with the families of the victims of a tanker explosion on Presidential Boulevard, Kuto, Abeokuta.