By Richard Akintade, Osogbo
Two suspected hoodlums were reportedly killed, while one other sustained high degree injuries, following the clash between two youth rival groups in Osogbo, Osun state capital.
The incident, according to a resident, started on Tuesday morning at 10:15 AM at Asoje, Balogun Agoro area, Osogbo.
It was gathered that some hoodlums suspected to belong to another group stormed the area believed to be the base of other group following a crisis that had earlier ensued between them over the weekend.
Operatives of Amotekun were said to have been drafted to the area to restore peace.
According to the residents, in the process, two persons suspected to be hoodlums were killed while one other was seriously wounded.
It was leant that the residents of the area while accusing operatives of Amotekun of causing the death of two persons were taking the corpses of the dead persons to the palace of Ataoja of Osogbo, before they were stopped by the police.
Reacting, Field Commandant Amotekun, Amitolu Shittu, denied shooting at hoodlums, saying they only made an arrest.
He said that after the arrest of one of the suspected hoodlums, they bombarded my house and vandalized it, including the cars parked in the premises.
“They have been fighting themselves since Saturday, they have been killing themselves. Police have been looking for some of them and we help the police to make an arrest.
“Today, we arrested some of them around 10:15am around Balogun Agoro area and handed them over to the police. We did not shoot anybody. If we did stray bullet could hit market women around the area.
“When we were chasing some of those hoodlums, the car of the hoodlum head named Emir was towed by police to their station.
“One Lekan led hoodlums numbering about 30 to my house to vandalise the property. They used axes on my gates, shattered glasses and destroyed some vehicles,” Shittu said.
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