{"id":152079,"date":"2025-02-21T09:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T08:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:45:28","slug":"herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun","title":{"rendered":"Herders allegedly set ablaze farmland worth N27m in Ogun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Some yet-to-be-identified herders have allegedly set ablaze a 35-acre cassava farmland worth N27,300,000 in Adao Village, via Alabata, in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened at about 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complainant and owner of the farmland, Ogunbayo Adewale of Raka Village, upon arriving at his farm, he discovered that it had been set ablaze, with some herds of cattle grazing on the land and several cassava plants uprooted.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Friday, the police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the incident was reported to the FUNAAB Harmony Division of the command.<\/p>\n<p>Odutola stated that Adewale managed to apprehend one of the cows, which he brought to the police station as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cOn February 20, 2025, one Mr. Ogunbayo Adewale of Raka Village reported at the police station that upon visiting his 35-acre cassava farmland on February 19, 2025, at about 4:40 p.m., he discovered that the farmland had been set ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the complainant, upon sighting him, the herders commanded the cattle to flee, but he managed to apprehend one of the cows, which he brought to the police station as evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon receiving the information, the Divisional Police Officer of FUNAAB Harmony deployed grassroots policing strategies to calm rising tensions and prevent a potential tribal conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Odutola noted that preliminary investigations led to the identification of the owner of the seized cow, and the case has been transferred to the Surveillance Section for further inquiries and necessary legal action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigations commenced immediately, leading to the identification of the owner of the seized cow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe complainant has estimated the damage to his farmland at Twenty-Seven Million, Three Hundred Thousand Naira (\u20a627,300,000),\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the spokesperson assured members of the public that justice will be served, urging all parties to remain calm while the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the Command remains committed to maintaining law and order, preventing inter-group conflicts, and protecting the rights of all citizens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Some yet-to-be-identified herders have allegedly set ablaze a 35-acre cassava farmland worth N27,300,000 in Adao Village, via Alabata, in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The incident happened at about 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday. According to the complainant and owner of the farmland, Ogunbayo Adewale of Raka Village, upon arriving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,386],"class_list":["post-152079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-ogun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Herders allegedly set ablaze farmland worth N27m in Ogun - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some yet-to-be-identified herders have allegedly set ablaze a 35-acre cassava farmland worth N27,300,000 in Adao Village ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Herders allegedly set ablaze farmland worth N27m in Ogun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some yet-to-be-identified herders have allegedly set ablaze a 35-acre cassava farmland worth N27,300,000 in Adao Village ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-21T08:04:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T10:45:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740116444.335966.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Herders allegedly set ablaze farmland worth N27m in Ogun\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-21T08:04:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-22T10:45:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740116444.335966.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Ogun\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/herders-allegedly-set-ablaze-farmland-worth-n27m-in-ogun\",\"name\":\"Herders allegedly set ablaze farmland worth N27m in Ogun - 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