Bandits have attacked the Oreke-Okegbo village in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state, resulting in one death and one injury.
According to the Daily Trust, the incident took place on Thursday at about 7:00 p.m., when the criminals dressed in military wear broke into the neighbourhood.
According to a credible source who spoke with Daily Trust, “They shot one person at Awere River, and all efforts made by Kabiesi Oloreke to contact the army at Oro Ago proved abortive.”
However, Oba Joseph Sunday Adefila, the traditional ruler of Oreke, confirmed the incident over the phone on Sunday to the aforementioned publication, stating that “one person was killed while another one was injured.”
“The bandits, including a woman, came into the community from a nearby village after an operation. What we gathered was that they were on their way to another place after our community when they encountered some guards protecting some Chinese nationals in the area.
“Those guards thought they were soldiers when they requested a vehicle to carry their other colleagues because they were in army uniforms.
“But attempts by the guards to authenticate their claims led to a disagreement and they left to lie in ambush. They attacked two people and killed one in the process.
“After the attack, they got stuck at Awere river after Babanla town due to the volume of the water and they could not cross until the following morning when they were able to escape,” he said.
The monarch added, “They are not herdsmen but spoke Hausa sparingly, I suspect they are foreign nationals from neighbouring countries”.
DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, the State Police Command’s spokeswoman, responded to the event by saying that the command was aware of it and had started an inquiry.
“Notwithstanding, all security measures have been put in place to protect the lives and property of Kwarans. Further developments will be communicated soon,” she added.
