Herdsmen Crisis: Ogun Residents Now Sleep In Benin Republic For Protection – Red Cross Reveal

 

Many residents of the Yewa axis of Ogun State are now sleeping in Benin Republic to avoid being killed by herdsmen terrorizing the region, according to the Nigeria Red Cross Society.

Following attacks by alleged herdsmen, the people were forced to flee to a neighboring region, according to the Red Cross.

Oluwole Aboyade, the executive branch secretary of the Red Cross in Ogun State, stated this on Wednesday.

Aboyade said he and his team visited the troubled areas of Igbooro, Asa, Moro, Ibeku, and Agbon-Ojodu, and bemoaned the fact that the people of Yewa were "living in unfavorable conditions."

According to him, many had deserted their homes to seek refuge in Benin.

Aboyade disclosed that some of the people usually came to their communities during the day, but they sleep in Benin Republic.

He said, “What I saw there alongside my team, I will term it a very serious disaster.

“The people have deserted their homes and they now sleep in Benin Republic. You can imagine people leaving Nigeria to seek protection in another country. The situation is more than pathetic.”

Meanwhile, the Red Cross said it would seek assistance from Nigerians to help in bringing succour to the residents of the affected Yewa communities.

DAILY POST reports many communities in Yewa North, Imeko and Ipokia share many entries with Benin Republic.

In some communities in the three local government areas, it may be difficult to distinguish between the houses in Benin Republic and the ones in Nigeria due to lack of proper boundary demarcation.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Government has insisted no indigene of Yewa relocated to Benin Republic to seek refuge.

The Chairman of the state peace keeping committee, Kayode Oladele, had said those who returned to Benin Republic were citizens of the nation who were in Nigeria to lease farmlands, saying they are the Eguns and Ohoris.

Also, Governor Dapo Abiodun described as fake news, report that Ogun indigenes have become refugees in Benin Republic, saying it would have attracted diplomatic moves between the two countries if it was true.