{"id":85550,"date":"2021-09-04T11:07:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T10:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85550"},"modified":"2021-09-05T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T09:24:15","slug":"just-in-jide-sowore-brother-of-sahara-reporters-publisher-shot-dead-by-killer-herdsmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/just-in-jide-sowore-brother-of-sahara-reporters-publisher-shot-dead-by-killer-herdsmen\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Jide Sowore, brother of Sahara Reporters\u2019 publisher, shot dead by killer herdsmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suspected herdsmen have killed Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters\u2019 publisher Omoyele, the activist said in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Omoyele Sowore said his brother was killed by armed men suspected to be herdsmen while travelling between Benin and Ondo on Saturday morning.He was studying pharmacy at Igbinedion University, Mr Sowore said, decrying his brother\u2019s loss as a huge one for his family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the police in Akure did not immediately return a request seeking comments from Peoples Gazette on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>The development came as southerners are pushing to restrict herdsmen activities across the region. On Thursday, Ondo became the latest state to adopt a law against open grazing when Governor Rotimi Akeredolu signed the state\u2019s anti-open grazing bill into law.<\/p>\n<p>The state has witnessed repeated deadly attacks linked to herdsmen. In 2019, Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti, was killed by suspected herdsmen along the same route where Mr Sowore was killed today. The police said they had made arrests in connection to Mrs Olakunrin\u2019s death, both no suspect has been convicted to date.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sowore described his late brother as selfless and industrious, saying his demise would leave a void in the prominent Ondo family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>\u201cYou lived your life so that everyone could be alright but now assassinated by everything that\u2019s not alright!\u201d the publisher said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspected herdsmen have killed Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters\u2019 publisher Omoyele, the activist said in a statement. 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