Two people were reportedly killed in violent clashes by youths
involved in defection from a political party to another in, Ilorin,
Kwara State.
Includingare three siblings who were also injured in the
clashes that began on Friday and continued on Sunday and Monday.
The fighting on Friday started around
Abayawo area and spread to
Alore, Ode Adana, Omoda, Ode-Alawusa and Okelele areas of the town,
during which a person was reported died.
The violence began shortly after some 2,000 youths said to be members
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Alore area of Ogidi ward in
Ilorin west local government defected to the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP).
An eyewitness account said that fighting broke out as they could not
agree on sharing formula for a sum of money reportedly passed out to
them.
A group of the youths which lost one of their members on Friday
reportedly launched a reprisal attack on Sunday where another person
simply identified as Ebba was said to have been killed at Ode Alawusa
area.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the
incidents and the killings, saying the command’s men were still at the
scene of the fracas trying to restore peace and order.
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