At least, one person has been whisked away to an unknown destination by yet-to-be-identified gunmen who invaded Ago Igbira, a Fulani settlement in Ila, Ila-Orangun local government area of Osun State.
The evil perpetrators who are said to have struck at the village between 11 pm on Tuesday till midnight on Wednesday said to have unleashed terrors on its inhabitants as they injured them in their shooting march and later succeeded in whisking away one Muhammad Jubril (30) on the sad day.
However, the name of one of the injured victims was given as Hassan Jubril in a shoot out that lasted almost an hour.
Speaking on the development, the Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola said ” the police in collaboration with Police in collaboration with Civilian Joint Faskforce (CJF) swung into action, combed the whole area!to arrest the perpetrators.”
According to her, : “On 12/04/23 at about 7am one Seriki Fulani Mohammed Kajibo ‘m’ reported that unknown gunmen numbering about Eight (08) suspected to be Fulanis attacked Ago Igbira, a Fulani settlement between 11pm 11/4/2023 and 12am of 12/4/2023 and kidnapped one Mohammed Jubril ‘m’ aged 30years and one Hassan Jubril ‘m’ was injured during their shoot out.”
“Immediately the incident was reported, Police in collaboration with Civilian Joint Task Force (CJF) swung into action, combed the whole area, where three (03) expended shells of AK47 rifle and cartridges were recovered from the scene.
