Three Killed in Ilorin Political Clash
Mr Okasanmi Ajayi, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, said 12 suspects had also been arrested in connection with the clash.
An eyewitness said some people sustained injuries during the clash that lasted for some hours in Abayawo, Alore, Ode-Adana, Omoda, Ode-Alawusa and Okelele areas of Ilorin.
The police in the state said the clash followed the defection of some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Alore area of Ogidi ward in Ilorin West Local Government Area to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)on June 13.
The eyewitness said the clash was caused by the disagreement among the rivals on how to share some money given to them after the event.
Residents of the affected areas said the clash, which kept most of them indoor, affected the social and economic activities.
The police said armed mobile police men had been deployed to the affected areas to restore peace while investigations were ongoing.
(NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yemi Sanni Bureau Of Lands Kehinde Boyede Simon Sayomi Bursary Taofeeq Olateju Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Omupo REO CAKES Fatai Garuba Labaka Owu Fall Balogun-Ojomu Lithium Deposit Al-Ilory Saad Omo Iya Photo News Saheed Alakoso Wahab Olasupo Egbewole Agbarere Temitope Ogunbanke Oniyangi Ahmad Fatima Bisola Tunde Kazeem Femi Agbaje Ibrahim Issa Jetti Adeleke Ogungbe Quareeb Islamic Association University Road Titus Ashaolu Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Yaru Tunji Oyawoye Adewuyi Funmilayo Durosinlohun Atiku Sobi Specialist Hospital Dunmade Aliyu U. Tilde Yakubu Danladi Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Opolo Global Innovation Limited Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike Marufat Oladosu Adamu Attah Ahmed Alhasssan Saka Keji Tope Daramola Sherif Sagaya Ohoro Of Shao Abdul Jimoh Mohammed Tunji Moronfoye Victor Gbenga Yusuf Sobi FM John Obuh Kamaldeen Kehinde COVID-19 Palliatives Tunde Yusuf ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Rafiu Ibrahim KWATMA Suraj Tunji Oyewale IF-K Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede Ayo Adeyemi Sulyman Abdulkareem Bello Bature Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita Olaitan Adefila Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa Christian Association Of Nigeria Air Peace Islamiya Abdulraheem Apado NNPP Aisha Ahman Pategi Oluwole Dupe Yusuf Ali

