There was pandemonium in Obbo lle community, Ekiti local government area of Kwara State on Monday as yet to be identified herdsmen armed with dangerous weapons ambushed men of the local vigilante who were on patrol around 8:30pm.
The vigilante patrol team was patrolling along Obbo ile- Isapa axis when they were attacked with the herdsmen who left one of the vigilante team, Mashud Taye, with machete cuts before disappearing into the bush.
According to a release signed by the spokesman of the NSCDC in Kwara State Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the incident occurred when men of the Obbo ile- vigilante team were on routine patrol.
"On Monday 22 November 2021, two armed herdsmen attacked a vigilante team of the Obbo ile community who were on a routine patrol and left one of them with a serious injury as a result of the machete attacks." He disclosed.
He explained further that efforts of the NSCDC operatives in Ekiti Divisional Office and the vigilante team yielded dividends as one of the assailants, Abdulkadir Ali Doogo, 23, from Omu Aran, was arrested and currently helping NSCDC in further investigations.
"The other herdsman is still at large and efforts are ongoing to capture him while the victim is responding to treatment in the hospital" Babawale concluded.