Talk:News:2026-08-19/Eradication/ndlea-reports-destroying-10-000-kg-of-skunk-on-four-hectares-at-ijare-forest-in-ifedore-ondo-state
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Dating
Tribune Online is stamped 23 August 2026 and says the statement was made "on Sunday". It gives the raid as "on 19th August" and the earlier arrest of three suspected planters as "16th August". The item uses 19 August.
Quantities
The article says "The team destroyed a total of 10,000kg of skunk cultivated across four hectares of the forest". The item records the four hectares and states the weight in the summary. The figures are the agency's.
Place
The article names "Ijare forest, Ifedore Local Government Area" and gives no coordinates for the farm. The pin is Wikidata's point for the Ifedore local government area (Q5991144), rounded to two decimals, as a jurisdiction centre. It does not mark the farm.
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The same statement reports another Ondo operation on the same day at Ita-Ogbolu, Akure North, with 210 kg of skunk recovered, and several other seizures and arrests in other states, including a 101-year-old woman arrested in Ogun. This news item records only the Ijare destruction.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 02:37, 7 November 2026 (+07)