Unknown gunmen on Monday evening killed one Bayo Ayelomo, a motorcyclist operator in Oke Onigbin, Isin local government area of Kwara state.
PUNCH Metro reliably gathered that Ayelomo was on his way to Owode Onire, a community in Ifelodun Local Government where he took a passenger to, when he was allegedly killed by the assailants on his way back home around 8pm at the Bywater pass area.
The angry youths of Oke Onigbin in protest on Tuesday morning consequently blocked road leading to Local Government Secretariat in response to alleged continue attacks on Isin people since last year by bandits.
Spokesman of Kwara State police command, Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, said normalcy has been returned to the crisis ridden area.
Okasanmi also said investigation into the incident has commenced and assured people of the local government of adequate protection of lives and properties.
The statement reads,”The Kwara State Police Command wishes to inform the good people of Kwara State, that the burning of tyres and blocking of Oke Onigbin/Ijara road junction by some youths, was in protest against the matcheting to death of one Isah Bayo ‘M’ age unknown, an Okada rider, by unknown men at Owode area of Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State.
“At the receipt of the information, the commissioner of police, Tuesday Assayomo immediately dispatched teams of Policemen to the scene for possible arrest of the culprit/culprits for prosecution, however, investigation into the matter is ongoing.
“With the intervention of the chairman of the local government and the police, calm was fully restored.
“Consequently, the people of the area are also going about their normal businesses without any fear of attack.
“The commissioner of police, Kwara State, Tuesday Assayomo while commiserating with the family of the deceased, assured the good people of Kwara State of the Command’s readiness to do everything within the law to keep the people of the State safe and secure.”
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