By Olaitan Ibrahim
Fear and bloodshed gripped Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State as armed men, suspected to be herdsmen, unleashed terror on four farming communities, massacring over 20 farmers in a brutal midnight assault.
The coordinated attacks, which occurred over the weekend, turned the once peaceful settlements of Aba Pastor, Aba Sunday, Ademekun Camp, and Aba Alajido Camp into killing fields, leaving a trail of death and destruction.
Eyewitnesses described the horror that unfolded in the dead of night as the assailants stormed the villages from the Edo State boundary, firing indiscriminately and slaughtering their victims in cold blood.
Residents fled for their lives, but many were caught in the hail of bullets, while others remain missing.