One person was reportedly killed while scores are missing in a violent attack by armed bandits in Shagbe village near Igbaja town of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The attack occurred at about 21:15hours on Saturday, throwing the community into panic.
A security agent said that “one person was killed during the violent invasion and eight others declared missing.”
The source said said due to the volatile situation, an on-the-spot assessment is currently not feasible.
Reacting to the development, the state Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, said that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Oke-Ode, is already in the area for on the spot assessment of the situation.
The Sagbe attack is coming barely hours after the arrest of a sizeable number of suspected bandits in Babanla community who are now being profiled at the state police command in Ilorin, the state capital.
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