Herdsmen Rape 72-Year-Old Woman To Coma

A 72-year-old woman identified as Akinseye, has revealed how she was raped to coma on her farmland by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

Narrating her ordeal to newsmen on Wednesday, the septuagenarian said she was working on the farmland when the attackers stormed the place and took turns to rape her until she passed out.

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“I was working on the farm when the two men invaded my farm and before I could question them on their mission in my farm, they gagged me and tear my clothes and they raped me one after the other.

“They threatened to kill me thereafter if I make any noise and left me in the farm after injuring me,” she said.

The ugly incident angered youths in the community, who threatened to take laws into their hands if the government fails to address the issue.

The Coordinator of the OSYC, Mr. Oluwatuyi Adekanmbi, said herdsmen had turned themselves to terrors in Ondo State by perpetrating in series of crimes.

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He said “One of our the farmers, Orimisan Omowole was murdered on his farm in Odigbo local government area of the state. After killing him they took out his heart and placed it on his chest

“We are not against cattle rearing or saying cattle rearing should be banned but we want free grazing of cattle on our farms, at our expense with wanton destruction of our crops and means of livelihood to be stopped forthwith.”

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