Reprisal attack: Two feared dead as residents flee Oyo community

For fear of being attacked by suspected hoodlums, some residents of Coca Cola, Leventis, Ajibade, Ajegunle, Oke-Itunu and other adjoining neighbourhoods in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State have reportedly deserted their homes and shops following the killing of a thief in the area.

It was gathered that trouble started on Friday after the Thursday killing of a suspected thief who was arrested by an angry mob in the area.

In a reprisal attack on Friday, some hoodlums swooped on the communities, armed with dangerous weapons and attacked the unsuspecting residents.

On their arrival, the hoodlums were said to have shot sporadically and destroyed several properties in the area. Two people were said to have lost their lives as a result of gunshot injury during the incident.

Following the confusion that ensued, the majority of the shops in the area were shut with several houses deserted on Friday.

A shop owner at Ajibade who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that “the hoodlums, numbering about three on a commercial motorcycle stormed the area around 4pm and shot at two people. A man (name not known) and a woman simply identified as Toyin were shot during the confusion that ensued in the community.”

He said that the man died immediately as a result of the gunshot while the woman gave up the ghost on Friday morning due to complications that arose as a result of the impact of the bullet.

The eyewitness added that the residents fled the area for fear of being attacked by the hoodlums. Punch