Fear gripped Shagbe community of
Kwara State as one person was reportedly killed while eight still missing in a violent attack by armed bandits.
The attack occurred at about 21:15hours on Saturday, barely hours after the arrest of a sizeable number of suspected bandits in Babanla community of the state.
This was disclosed by a security agent of the community.
“one person was killed during the violent invasion and eight others declared missing”, the source said.
The source also said that due to the volatile situation, an on-the-spot assessment is currently not feasible.
Reacting to the development, the state Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, said that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Oke-Ode, is already in the area for on the spot assessment of the situation.