Properties worth millions of naira were vandalised on Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara State during a fracas that broke out among hoodlums.
The hoodlums threw a part of Ilorin metropolis into panic as they engaged in a fresh round of violent squabbles around Oja-Iya/Eruda area.
Although there was no report of human casualty as at the time of filing this report, spokesman for the state Police command,
Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the destruction of property.
He also confirmed that at least 15 of them have been arrested and were being ‘sorted out’ to determine the level of their involvement.
Okasanmi said the command had deployed enough men to the affected areas and tomaintain law and order.
The fighting broke out over the failure of one of the youths from Eruda to offset his
indebtedness to a lady from whom he had allegedly bought some quantity of indomie noodles.
“The lady demanded for her money but he refused and that was why the lady went back to report him to her people who immediately mobilised and went to deal with the man on Wednesday night”, one of the sources.
It added that “the latter victim also mobilised his own people to launch a counter attack in the early hours of Thursday.
They were said to have fired sporadically for the most part of Wednesday night as they engaged themselves leaving many
residents to stay indoors.
But Okasanmi said the command had deployed enough men to the affected areas and would launch detailed investigation on
the matter in earnest.
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