The Oyo State Government has said men of the Nigeria Customs Service raided Igangan and other parts of Ibarapa areas of the state on Friday night, and not unknown gunmen as widely reported.
Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Seyi Makinde made the clarifications in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan.
Adisa said that the revelation was made known by Ibarapa community leaders during a fact-finding meeting between a team of the state government and political/traditional leaders of the affected communities on Saturday.
DAILY POST had reported that some gunmen invaded Igangan in Ibarapa North local government and Ibarapa Central local government areas.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has described Saturday’s killings in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government area, as one too many, and urged Gov. Seyi Makinde to promptly convoke a security summit.
It said the summit would seek to find a lasting solution to the security challenges facing the state
This is contained in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde and made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Igangan in Ibarapa area of Oyo State was on Saturday night invaded by unknown gunmen numbering about 50.
By Aderonke Ajayi
Oyo State people are an interesting lot. They boast that they don’t copy anyone while all others are free to struggle to do as Oyo does. Whenever the nation is in the labour room preparatory to birthing a major occurrence, Oyo, especially, Ibadan, its capital, is a barometer to measure it. Nigeria is in the middle of a security crisis and the South West is in it too, very involved. It is thus necessary to look at how Oyo is beating back or beating off the wind of insecurity blowing everywhere in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s south is no stranger to battling serious security problems. In recent times, a particularly baffling one had presented in the form of herdsmen killing people and laying waste to farms. That problem was anticipated to go into a suppressed state with the advent of the regional security network, the Amotekun Corps. And the initiative of the South West governors is truly proving to be so much help in keeping farmers and other residents safe and the murde