Alabi Saheed Abiodun
No fewer than 200 cows have been seized by Ondo State Security Network Agency operatives, popularly known as Amotekun in the state.
The cows were apprehended for flouting the state anti-open grazing law at midnight of Thursday at Owena Dam, Ifedore Local Government Area of the state.
The herdsmen who fled from the area after sighting the Amotekun operatives were said to have led their cattle to the dam between 10pm to 12 pm.
The Commander of Amotekun Corps in the state, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye confirmed the development.
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Adeleye said following the distressed calls from the area his men swung into
“Our men went at about 10pm and actually arrested 200 cows and went back to the Command at about 12 midnight.”
He disclosed that during the operation, two underaged children were found with the cows with all the herdsmen fleeing from the area.
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