Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae has cried out to Nigerians on how his farm located at Ilado Village in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State was burnt down by Fulani herdsmen.

Olu Falae

“I don’t know why the herdsmen were attacking my farm, they did it last year, they did the same in 2016. That is how they burn it every year so that fresh grass can come out for their cattle to eat.”

“They attack my oil palm plantation, the mature oil palm trees that have been bearing fruits to make palm oil have been burnt down.  This is a wicked act and malicious damage, this goes beyond cattle want to eat, cattle don’t eat oil palm. This is a malicious attack.”

For those who don’t know, Falae was kidnapped in September 2015 by the herdsmen but was released three days later after collecting ransom from his family.

His Personal Assistant, Captain Moshood Raji (retd.) said: “At about 6pm, I got a message from one of the police officers attached to the farm that the farm has been burnt down by some hoodlums, there was no worker on the farm when the incident occurred because it was a Sunday. We are on our way to the farm now (yesterday) to know the extent of damage.”

“We have informed the state Commissioner of Police, about five hectares of the land were affected. The oil palm plantation was affected as well as some part of the yam and cassava plantations.”