Ogun community cries out over violence, killings of residents
*Calls for govt intervention amid rising insecurity *Kidnapping not by Fulanis in Iwoye Ketu — Dende RESIDENTS of Iwoye-Ketu, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, under the auspices of “The Iwoye-Ketu Development Forum,” have called on Nigerian government and international community to intervene in the killings of natives and residents of the community by suspected Fulani arsonists. Meanwhile, reacting to the allegation, the Ogun State Chairman of Myetti Allah Cattle Dealers Association, Alhaji Abubakar Dende, exonerated his people, saying the kidnapping was not by the Fulanis living in Iwoye Ketu, but foreigners. The community said the recent attack on the town has threatened peace and security of the community and evoked painful memories of the tragic events of 2002. The community in a statement by the Chairman, Chief Semiu Usman-Legitan and Secretary, Wale Fadipe, said the current violence was eerily reminiscent of the violent clash between the indigenes of Iwoye-Ketu ...