Residents of Agbaje, Ijokodo area of Ibadan in Ibadan North Local government Area of Oyo State have started to flee the area after the killing of no fewer than by hoodlums in the last two weeks.
A resident who spoke on condition of anonymity said that for the last two weeks, the hoodlums had taken over the area, killing not less than four people.
The source said the Oodua Peoples Congress in Apete and Gbaremu areas had to intervene to try to bring the situation under control.
Men of the Western Nigeria Security Network, also known as Operation Amotekun, have also stationed their vehicle at a junction in the area to scare off the hoodlums as landlords seem to be helpless.
“My wife had to call me several times to sleep in my shop because of those hoodlums more than three times last week. I cannot just decide to go home,” he said.
Meanwhile, reacting to the development, the state police public relations officer, Gbenga Fadeyi, said the command had intensified efforts in its routine patrols and deployments of men within and outside Ibadan metropolis.
He said, “Anyway, we have massively deployed our men within and outside Ibadan metropolis. Routine patrols have been intensified. Credible information is being sought from members of the public to enable the police in Oyo Command to be proactive and clamp down on criminal elements in the state, especially during this Yuletide and beyond.”
