At least two persons are reported to have been killed by some hoodlums when Arulogun area of Ede town in Osun State was attacked while properties were also destroyed.
The Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident on Friday, saying five of the hoodlums were arrested while others escaped into the bush with bullet wounds.
At the time of filing this report, the real cause of the crisis could not be ascertained as residents of the town were scampering for safety.
It was gathered that armed hoodlums, numbering about 30, stormed the house of one Wakili Olayiwola and started shooting indiscriminately.
A Toyota corolla car belonging to the 42-year-old man was burnt in the house and the hoodlums also attempted to raze the building.
Policemen arrived at the scene in the nick of time and engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel as the policemen eventually overpowered the hoodlums.
The PPRO gave the names of the suspects as Suleiman Babatunde, Saka Taofeek, Raimi Saheed, Akinloye Quwiyu and Sadio Alatise.
The Police’s spokesperson said the hoodlums killed two persons, Rilwan Kareem and Taofeek Aje.
The PPRO said the corpses of the two persons had been deposited at a mortuary for autopsy.
Opalola told Daily Trust that one single barrelled gun, one Dane gun, 8 expended cartridges, axes, cutlasses, charms and five motorcycles were recovered from the hoodlums.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Wale Olokode, has launched an investigation into the incident and assured that all the hoodlums who escaped would be apprehended and made to face the full wrath of the law
