In a suspected act of retaliation, gunmen attacked the rural hamlet of Koseru in Ondo State’s Odigbo local government area, killing two people.
The Councillor who represented the axis and a member of the neighborhood watch known only as Kayode were both killed.
At the time this story was filed, the councilor’s name had not yet been confirmed.
According to information, the gunmen attacked on Saturday after shooting a woman in Kajola village, Okitipupa local government.
Some farmlands were reportedly destroyed by the gunmen, who were thought to be Ikale teenagers.
Christiana Umukoro, a Facebook user, corroborated the attack and claimed that the perpetrators beat his father.
He claimed that 95% of the villages have left for their own safety.
Special Adviser to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Security Matters and Commander of the Ondo Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said the corpses of the dead have been deposited in a mortuary.
Adeleye, who denied killing of Amotekun operatives in the attack, said normalcy has been restored to the community.
He stated that a combined team of policemen, soldiers and Amotekun Corps kept vigilance in the community.
According to him:”There has been an age- long crisis in Koseru between Oluku family of Ikale in Okitipupa and the Oyo/Osun farmers living in Odigbo local government. The Oyo/Osun are predominantly cash crop farmers. They have been fighting over ownership of the land.
“The fresh crisis erupted when a one women in Kajola was shot.
“We are suspecting a reprisal attack of some Ikale youths who mobilised themselves and launched attack on the unsuspecting Osun/Oyo farmers. There is a Councillor representing Oyo/Osun axis that was killed in the fracas. A vigilance member and not Amotekun was killed. Their corpses have been deposited at the hospital. Amotekun, Police and the Army maintain vigilance overnight to ensure peace returns. The attackers destroyed more of farmlands.”
Ondo Police spokesman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, said no policeman was killed in the attack.
She said an official statement would soon be released.
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