Akinlalu shooting: Death toll rises as Adeleke orders probe

• As APC berates Amotekun implicit killings

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

Death toll has risen to 4 pursuing reported shootings by Osun Amotekun operatives successful Akinlalu municipality connected Tuesday, arsenic 1 of the critically injured victims was reported dormant successful the aboriginal hours connected Saturday.

Recall that Akinlalu residents claimed that Amotekun operatives invaded the assemblage connected Tuesday shooting sporadically astatine the centre of the town, starring to the sidesplitting of 3 persons and 8 others critically injured. But Amotekun said it was caught successful a 30-minute shootout with the victims.

Speaking connected behalf of the community, Mr Babarinde Olamide said the Amotekun operatives invaded the peaceful assemblage connected Tuesday day connected the assertion that a fishy seized their locally-fabricated weapon.

He said the operatives came successful 3 antithetic vehicles and, connected getting to the bosom of the town, started shooting sporadically astatine residents portion those who ran astatine them were chopped severely with cutlass.

“In the process, 3 persons were killed connected the spot and respective others severely injured. Surprisingly, the operatives took the dormant bodies distant and those critically injured. We received that 1 of those injured has died astatine the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, aft country aboriginal connected Saturday,” helium said.

However, Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has ordered an probe into the killings, dispatching a authorities delegation to the community.

The governor, successful a connection by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, connected Saturday, besides commiserated with the household of the victims, praying God to springiness them fortitude to carnivore the loss.

“I americium a regularisation of instrumentality Governor. This substance is being investigated and immoderate infraction volition beryllium dealt with wrong the discourse of the law. I person ordered a information assembly gathering connected this incidental and others specified arsenic fears of spill implicit from Kwara banditry attacks,” the connection quoted Adeleke arsenic saying.

“I sent my condolences to the victims of this unfortunate incident. I impulse the bully radical of Akinlalu to support calm arsenic our authorities acts connected the matter. I consciousness their pains but investigations are ongoing.”

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful the authorities berated the Amotekun operatives for being progressive successful extra-judicial killings, calling connected the politician not to screen the information if helium intends to unravel the culprit down the killings.

A connection issued by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, stated that Amotekun indispensable not beryllium turned into an cause of intimidation successful the state, particularly arsenic it approaches the electioneering period.

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