No fewer than 100 cattle were seized at the weekend by the officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency otherwise known as Amotekun Corps.
The cows which were made to loitered around the roads were seized along the Akure /Ilesa road.
The action of the Amotekun Corps was in compliance with the Ondo State Government directives that the streets and forests be rid of unregistered herdsmen.
It was gathered that the cows were apprehended with nine herders for violating grazing rules on the highway.
The Ondo State Commander of Amotekun, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, who confirmed this in a chat on Monday said that the cows were intercepted at the boundary of Osun and Ondo States.
According to him, the cows were controlled to the headquarters which is about 30 kilometres from the point they were intercepted.
He added that the cows were actually blocking the major roads leading to the state capital, stressing that “Apart from the possibility of illegal grazing in most cases, it is the ploy that kidnappers use’.
He pointed out that one of the occupants in the vehicle that was blocked called and within few minutes, his men were on the ground.
Adeleye stressed “We should take note that our men are in all the 18 local government areas and we are on 24 hours patrol. We arrived at the scene promptly.
“The culprits who sited us on arrival ran away as they controlled the cows to follow them, but we were only able to control them back”, he added.
