A former secretary to the Federal Government and former presidential candidate, Chief Olu Falae, has declared that he would depend solely on God for protection following repeated attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen on his farm in Akure, Ondo State.
Falae, who is chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and a Yoruba monarch, spoke with Punch on telephone on Saturday, April 9, 2016 saying that he doesn’t know the reasons he is a target of terrorist Fulani herdsmen.
On Friday, a gang of ten Fulani terrorists invaded the farm of the elder statesman and killed a security guard. The guard, identified in Vanguard’s report as a member of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), was contracted to work as a security personnel on the following the September 2015 kidnapping of Chief Falae.
“I do not know what is happening. It’s worrisome. May God deliver us,“ the chief told Punch. “I am not going to say anything. I will just rely on God (for protection).”
Falae was released by his terrorist Fulani herdsmen after the Ondo State government paid a ransom of N5 million for his release. The gang of kidnappers were later apprehended by the police and another gang arrested by the country’s secret police.
Falae had identified his kidnappers in police custody and they have been charged to court. Their trials are still on-going.
