Nigeria, May 5 -- On Sunday, some farmers in Ondo State protested the alleged takeover of their farmlands in Oluwarotimi Forest Reserve (OA3A) Odigbo Local Government Area of the state by a private agro-allied company.

The farmers, who blocked the Lagos-Ore expressway, disrupting the traffic flow, claimed that the firm SAO Agro-Allied Services Limited, in collaboration with the state government, was destroying their plantations.

They branded leaves and carried placards bearing inscriptions such as "Ayo Sotinrin Is Using Govt Power on Poor Farmers", "Tinubu Save Farmers from Sotinrin", "SAO Belongs To Ayo Sotinrin, MD, Bank of Agric", "Rotimi Wemimo Must Go", and "Farmers Have Rights to Life," among others.

The displaced farmers also ac...