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About six suspected herdsmen have brutally assulted three female farmers with machetes, in a farmland at Irele-Ekiti, Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The incident, which happened in the early hours of Tuesday, comes exactly a month after two farmers were shot dead by suspected herdsmen at, in the same local government area of the state.
According to reports, the women who sustained serious injuries from the assult were taken to the General Hospital, Ikole Ekiti for medical treatment.
A source said the herders demanded money from the victims, but became infuriated after the women failed to give them the money they asked for and resisted attempts to rape them.
But the trouble with the women was compounded by the fact that they did not have money on them except N200. This annoyed the invaders.
Although the herdsmen collected the money, they attempted to rape the women. It was the refusal of the women to let them have their way that led to the assult on them before the attackers disappeared into the bush, he said.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, confirmed the attack on the three women, saying investigations had begun, in a bid to arrest the perpetrators.
