Gunmen kill one in Kwara community

Unknown gunmen on Saturday attacked a farm settlement at Ahun village, Oro-Ago, Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State, and killed a teenager.

The spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Ilorin, the state capital.

He said two other persons sustained bullet wounds in the attack.

The spokesman said: “On September 26, some community leaders from Ahun farm settlement in Oro-Ago, reported at our Divisional Office in the area, about an attack on their community by unknown gunmen.

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“The gunmen came in their large numbers and they started shooting sporadically when they entered the community. One Rukayat, a teenager, was killed by a stray bullet.”

Afolabi, however, said the motive behind the attack had not been established, adding; “we have commenced further investigations on the incident.”

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