Osun Shooting: Death toll rises, as Adeleke orders probe

…APC berates Amotekun implicit killings

By Shina Abubakar Osogbo

Death toll has risen to 4 pursuing reported shootings by Osun Amotekun operatives successful Akinlalu town, Osun State, past Tuesday, arsenic 1 of the critically injured victims was confirmed dormant successful the aboriginal hours of yesterday.

Akinlalu residents claimed that Amotekun operatives invaded the assemblage past Tuesday and changeable sporadically, starring to the decease of 3 persons, portion 8 others were critically injured.

Speaking connected behalf of the community, Mr Babarinde Olamide said the Amotekun operatives invaded the assemblage astatine noon implicit claims that a fishy seized its operative’s 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 severally 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 probe into the killings, dispatching authorities delegation to the community.

The governor, successful a connection by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, yesterday, said: “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 Security Council gathering connected this incidental and others specified arsenic fears of spill implicit from Kwara banditry attacks.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,” the politician said.

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful the authorities berated the Amotekun operatives for involving successful extra-judicial killings, calling connected the Governor to beryllium transparent successful the process of unravelling those down the killings.

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