Amotekun Officer Injured in Viral Farm-Road Confrontation Video

A agricultural advocate posted the 25-second video late on Monday, which depicts an altercation near a dirt road in what appears to be a Yoruba town in southwest Nigeria, most likely about boundaries or grazing.

One of the red-uniformed policemen of Amotekun, a regional security network established in 2020 to handle farmer-herder disputes and enforce anti-open grazing regulations, suffered a mouth injury.

Although the video has received thousands of views and appeals for justice, no official announcements have confirmed the herder's detention, the officer's condition, or any other specifics, underscoring the persistent conflicts over migration and land that have resulted in thousands of fatalities across the country.

A fulani herdsman harrassed Yorugba women, the women went to call Amotekun and the the herdsmen disfigured the officer’s face with a stick The herdsman was ALONE and the Yorugbas could do NOTHING pic.twitter.com/fTlFJK6SvU

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