The police in Ogun State have arrested three herdsmen for unlawful possession of firearms and attempted murder.
Those arrested, according to a statement from the Police Command Public Relations Unit, are Mohammed Bello, Muhammed Momoh, and Yisau Umoru.
They were arrested following information received that they attacked one Ige Orisade on his farm at Imedu in Oja Odan area of the state.
The victim was reported to have been severally wounded by the suspects when he challenged them on why they brought their animals on his farm for grazing, thereby destroying his crops.
The suspects were said to have cut him with cutlass and escaped into a bush while the matter was reported to the Area Commander, Ilaro, ACP Titus Musa, who directed his men to the scene of the incident.
The police team and the local vigilante men, in the course of combing the farm area, reportedly arrested the suspects.
Items recovered from them included one AK 47 rifle with serial number 513, 49 0.8mm life ammunition, 26 live cartridges and two sharp cutlasses.