Unknown gunmen have shot three residents in Abule-Oko, Agbado, Olaogun and Ijoko communities in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The incident reportedly occurred on Friday at about 8:30am when the gunmen stormed the communities.
The Commander of the So-Safe Corps in Ogun State, Soji Ganzallo, who confirmed the incident, said the three persons shot by the hoodlums “are now on treatment at an undisclosed hospital.”
Ganzallo said the Super Operation Team of Agbado-Ibaragun Area Command had arrested three suspects in connection with the incidents.
He gave the names of those arrested as Kehinde Smith, aka 72; Tunde Alabi and 32-year-old Abiodun Odewale, aka Confidence, said to be the leader of the violent gang behind the attack.
According to Ganzallo, members of the deadly gang were on the wanted list of the agency some years ago for allegedly terrorising and robbing residents of the communities.
The corps commander, in a statement signed by So-Safe spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, on Saturday, disclosed that one local pistol was recovered from the gang.
He said peace had been restored to the concerned communities.
“Efforts are ongoing to retrieve the second gun used to perpetrate the heinous crime,” the statement added.
It was learnt that the three suspects had been handed over to the police at Agbado divisional headquarters for further investigation and prosecution.
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