Fear and panic have once again gripped residents of communities in Ibarapa area of Oyo State, as gunmen on Friday night invaded Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state and allegedly opened fire on some persons.
Residents of the town told one of our correspondents that the gunmen, who allegedly dressed in Customs uniform, invaded the town around 7 pm, shot and killed an unspecified number of people they met at the entrance of the town before fleeing.
The eyewitnesses said they did not know the number of persons killed by the gunmen, but that one of the sources had claimed that one person was shot dead by the rampaging hoodlums.
The gunmen were said to have loaded themselves in four vehicles, two of which were a Toyota Hilux and Sienna.
Some of the sources claimed that hunters and vigilantes in the town, when they heard the gunshots, came out in hot pursuit of the hoodlums. The fleeing hoodlums were said to have escaped through Ayete.
A Commander of Amotekun was also said to have been shot dead by the gunmen.