At least five persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh farmers-herders clash in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Houses, four maize barns, motorcycles, and other valuables were set ablaze in the clash.

The clash came barely a year after a similar incident claimed scores of lives in the Yewa axis of the state. 

Our correspondent gathered that the clash started on Wednesday when the Fulani herdsmen and some Ohori farmers engaged one another in a bloody clash at Idofa Village, leading to the loss of lives and properties worth millions of naira.

It was learnt that the people of Aworo Community in Yewa North Local Government had chased the herdsmen to Idofa in Imeko, killing three of them and their cows.

They accused the herdsmen of destroying their farms and water sources through open grazing of cows; a practice the Ogun State Government had banned.

The locals told our correspondent that residents had started fleeing the village for fear of reprisal.

A source said there was a reprisal on Thursday in which two residents were killed with one burnt beyond recognition.

Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the crisis, said no arrest had been made.

“No arrest has been made yet, but we are on it and we are sure that those who committed that act will be apprehended.”

Daily Trust