Four Injured As Gunmen Attack Okada Riders In Osun

• Four passengers were injured as gunmen attacked Okada riders in Osun. 

THE NATION REPORTERS reports that no fewer than four passengers were injured when gunmen attacked motorists along old Ila-Orangun/Ijabe road in Osun State.

It was learnt that the vehicle conveying four passengers to Ijabe community in Odo-Otin Local Government of Osun State from Ila-Orangun were waylaid by the gunmen who fired several shots at them.

Confirming the incident, a security operative, who craved anonymity disclosed that a passerby informed men of Osun Amotekun of the dastard attack which prompted them to swing into action.

He said: “They attacked the four passengers at the early hours of Sunday but the men of Amotekun arrived the scene after they got information about the attack. They engaged the gunmen and one of them was arrested but the four passengers sustained injuries.”

Speaking on the incident, the Field Commandant of Osun Amotekun, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, on Monday said: “One of the gunmen was arrested by our men while the four passengers that were attacked are currently receiving treatment.”