Gunmen in Army Uniform Invade Kwara Community, One Killed, Another Injured

Date: 2024-10-14

Punch reports that an unidentified individual was tragically killed, and another person injured last Thursday when gunmen, reportedly dressed in army uniforms, stormed the Oreke-Okegbo community in Ifelodun Local Government Area, Kwara State.

According to information gathered, the heavily armed attackers invaded the community at approximately 7:00 p.m., spreading fear and chaos among the residents.

According to a credible source, “The gunmen shot one person at the Awere river, and all efforts made by the monarch of the town, Oloreke of Oreke, to contact the army stationed at Oro Ago proved abortive.”

However, the monarch, Oba Sunday Afolabi, Oloreke of Oreke, in a telephone chat, confirmed the attack, saying, “One person was shot and injured, while one other was killed.

“The bandits including a woman came into my community from a nearby neighbourhood and encountered some guards protecting some Chinese nationals working in a mining site in the area and snatched a gun to carry out their mission.

“After the attack, they got stuck at the Awere river after the Babanla town as the river was full and they could not cross, until the following morning when they were able to escape.

“They are not herdsmen, though they spoke Hausa language. I suspect they are foreign nationals from neighbouring countries”, he added.

The Kwara State Police Command spokesperson, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, said the command was aware of the incident and was working to arrest the criminals.

She said, “The command is aware of this information. Investigations have long begun to ascertain its authenticity.

“Notwithstanding, all security measures have been emplaced to protect the lives and property of the people in Kwara State. Further developments on the matter will be communicated soon”, she added.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Salaudeen Oyewale     Gbugbu International Market     Issa Manzuma     Abubakar Aliagan     07039448763     Yahaya Muhammad     Babaita     Jare Olatundun     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Baruba     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Agbarere     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     CCEPE     Memunat Monsuma     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Sa\'adu Gambari     Kemi Adeosun     Admiralty Villa     Bello Oyebanji     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Clara Nwachukwu     KWSUED     Aremu Odolaye     Ahman Pategi     Atiku Abubakar     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Aisha Buhari     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Kola Shittu     Owu Fall     Makama     Azeez Salawu     Saeedat Aliyu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     ASMAU PLAZA     Shonga     Oke-Oyi     Senate President     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     NIRSAL     Temitope Ogunbanke     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Shagari     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Oko Erin     School Of Nursing     Oniyangi     Esuwoye     Okasanmi Ajayi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Maigida Soludero Transit     A.O. Belgore     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Ilorin.Info     Unilorin     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Sabitiyu Grillo     Maimunat Oniyangi     Idowu Aremu     Idowu Laro     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Metro Park     Kolade Solagberu     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Ayekale     Bureau Of Lands     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Olaiya Zuberu     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Rafiu Ibrahim     Abioye Bello     SAPZ Project    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Maigidasanma     Islamic Development Bank     Omotoso     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Ajayi Okasanmi     Ijakadi     Owode Market     Ndakene     Jaigbade Alao     Ladi Hassan     Funke Adedoyin     SWAN     Tafida Of Ilorin     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Olayinka Olaogun     Igbomina     Just Law Forum     Al-Ilory     3MTT     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Radio Kwara     Lola Olabayo     Transition Implementation Committee     Ajeigbe     Saidu Yaro Musa     Hassan Oyeleke     March 28     Alaaya     Harrison Osauwagboe     MATTA Girls Foundation     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Baakini     Student Learning Support Helpline     Owu Fall     Adeniyi Ojo     Oloje     Doyin Agbamu     Kayode Yusuf     Amuda Bembe     Taofeeq Olateju     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Ike Ekweremadu     Nigerian Army     Raymond Olaitan     Fatai Olodo     Olokoba Sulyman     Ishola Abdullahi     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Okasanmi Ajayi     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Kwara State Television     Shonga Farm Project     Taofik Mustapha     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Belgore     Maimunat Oniyangi     Sun Qing Rong     Marufat Oladosu     Laduba     Local Government     Olaiya Zuberu     Dankaka     Micheal Imoudu     Ibrahim Gambari     UITH     Kunbi Titiloye     Ayobami Seriki     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Idris Garba     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Kwara State Governor     Peter Amogbonjaye     Kolawole Bashirat     Umaru Saro     Mary Kemi Adeosun