{"id":46840,"date":"2021-08-20T14:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=46840"},"modified":"2021-08-20T14:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:36:17","slug":"at-least-5-people-dead-as-osun-farmers-were-ambushed-by-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=46840","title":{"rendered":"At least 5 people dead as Osun farmers were ambushed by gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/farmers.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46845\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gunmen on Friday morning ambushed and allegedly killed five farmers on their way to farm at Modakeke community, Osun State. The Nation has learnt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was gathered the incident happened around 7am when the farmers were heading to their farms along Toro road in Modakeke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident caused tension in the community as residents and policemen visited the scene to evacuate corpses of the farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gunmen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46846\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Osun police spokesperson SP Yemisi Opalola, said: \u201cI heard some people were killed and the Commissioner of Police, Mr Olawale Olokode has deployed more of our men to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur men are doing everything possible to restore peace in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details to follow shortly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen on Friday morning ambushed and allegedly killed five farmers on their way to farm at Modakeke community, Osun State. 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