Some herdsmen have reportedly set ablaze a multi-million naira solar power station in Awowo, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Even though there was initial panic that it must have been a deliberate attack on the village, it was later gathered that it was just carelessness of the herdsmen who created the fire to burn dry vegetation in the area but did not wait around to control it.
The Alawowo of Awowo, Oba AbdulGafar Olasukanmi Tijani, told Daily Post it was not an attack on the community.
“We were not attacked. It was careless cattle rearers. Their cattle don’t have anything to eat so they set the bush on fire; and you know there’s harmattan, so they could not control the fire. That’s what happened. It’s not that we’re attacked.
“Though we were attacked in December last year. They kidnapped four people. This one that just happened was an accident,” the Alawowo said in a telephone interview.
“We have peacefully lived together because we hold meetings from time to time. I have warned them not to leave their area for other places. This one that happened, the owner of the cows was living somewhere and took his cattle to somewhere else to go and rear,” the monarch said, adding that the police have been informed.
