Violence broke out on Thursday following a clash between Offa and Erin-Ile, two neighbouring communities in the southern district ofThe crisis, which began on Wednesday, started between road transport workers of the two communities, this newspaper gathered., said they heard sporadic gunshots on Thursday afternoon but could not say if there was any casualty.
Students of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, located at the boundary between the two communities, were seen fleeing in a couple of video clips obtained by PREMIUM TIMES. “I think it is between the road transport workers of Erin-Ile. The moment we sensed the clash, we instructed students and staff to vacate the school premises. You know we are at the boundary. There are security operatives there already,” said Olayinka Iroye, the spokesperson of the school.
It was also gathered that the office of the Federal Road Safety Corps located at the boundary area was attacked in the clash. The Inspector Commander in-charge of the Kwara command of FRSC, Jonathan Owoade, confirmed this to our reporter.“Most of them have left the office when they heard gunshots this afternoon. I’m still trying to locate my men,” he said.
shey u see... u never even live together in peace. u dey talk Oduduwa... Obatala Ni
Why do we do these things to ourselves? I'll never understand the logic behind the sporadic violence between Nigerians.
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