There was palpable tension among residents in Osogbo as herds of cattle numbering about 1000 freely move on roads in the state capital late evening on Thursday.
The cattles were led by about 12 herdsmen who claimed to be moving through the state capital to a neighbouring town in the state.
On sighting the cattles on the road along Sir Adesoji Aderemi way late in the evening on Wednesday motorists and shop owners fled and abandoned their cars on the road.
It however, took the intervention of operatives of Osun Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun to get people to remain calm and forced the herders to direct the cattles through major routes out of the state.
Osun Amotekun Field Commandant, Comrade Amitolu Shittu while speaking with Newsmen on Thursday, said the herders claimed to want to pass through bush path to villages Ilesa to access water.
“Initially, they wanted to resist instructions to led the cattle to identified routes out of the state, but they later succumb to our instruction.
“The team escorted the cattle and the herders to the boundary of a neighbouring state before it disembark and allow them to move away”, he said.
