Many citizens of Esa-Oke in Osun Condition and about seven police operatives had been injured on Monday when photographs had been fired at them via some yet-to-be-identified assailants.
Month some citizens stated those that attacked the people wearing dull apparel and got here in a bus, alternative public who spoke at the status of anonymity to steer clear of being focused famous that the attackers had been hoodlums who had been rented via the events in confrontation over the appointment of a monarch for Ido Ajegunle.
The situation police crowd family members officer, Yemisi Opalola, all the way through a talk with The PUNCH, stated the police operatives had been on their strategy to Esa Oke in accordance with a misery name when the incident came about.
Opalola stated, “Seven police officers were shot. One of them was hit in the neck. They were going to Esa Oke when they ran into a barricade. They alighted and were removing the barricade when some people started firing at them. One of them was hit in the neck. But we have deployed more men to the area.”
Osun Condition Govt had latter Wednesday appointed a United Kingdom-based knowledge telecommunication professional, Prince Timileyin Oluyemi Ajayi, because the Olojudo of Ido Ayegunle.
No longer lengthy next his appointment was once made crowd, citizens of Esa-Oke, who had claimed Ido Ajegunle was once a village below Owamiran of Esa Oke, Oba Adeyemi Adediran, staged a protest towards it, pronouncing the newly appointed royal father is an indigene of Ilesa.
Pressure over the improvement, which was once accrued, escalated latter Friday when Esa Oke indigenes staged a sleep protest towards Atayi’s appointment.
Then again, the status were given worse on Monday, when some public travelling in a bus heading against the Esa Oke Police Divisional place of job reportedly shot at some citizens.
In some pictures received from citizens, 5 public had been proven sopping wet in blood next allegedly being shot via the assailants.
A resident, who most well-liked to be recognized as Oladele, stated the taking pictures was once no longer unconnected with Ajayi’s appointment towards the desires of Esa Oke indigenes.
“Those who shot public are suspected hoodlums travelling in a bus. They had been heading against Esa Oke Police Divisional Headquarters on Monday after they fired photographs at public.
“The shooting is not unconnected with the appointment of an indigene of Ilesa as the new monarch for Ido Ayegunle, a village under Esa Oke. There was a protest by Esa Oke indigenes after the state government made the announcement,” Oladele stated.
When contacted, Osun spokespersons for the Amotekun Corps, Yusuf Idowu, and Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps, Kehinde Adeleke, each stated their organisations had deployed operatives to the scene of the incident.