By Halimah Olamide
Some gunmen numbering. about 20 have stormed a small community in Osun, killing a teenager seeking university admission and burning his corpse inside a vehicle at the palace.
The gunmen who struck at the Okanla community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun state on Sunday were reportedly.
Prince Jimoh Qadri, who is an uncle to the teenager, said he was the target of the murder attempt. He said the gunmen invaded his house in Okanla area Sunday morning and started shooting sporadically. He said, “I went out this morning when my wife called me that some people numbering about 20 wearing hoods came home with guns.
“There was a person among them known as Kokanle who didn’t cover his face with the hood. They broke all my house windows.
“I didn’t park my car outside so they thought I was at my family house at Olokanla compound. They came to search our family compound but I was not there.
“I got information that they met one of my younger brothers (Ibrahim Kudus) at home and he was killed with the house burnt. After killing the boy, they dragged him inside a car and burned him in the car.
“Kudus was 28-year-old. He was looking for admission into a higher institution. He sat for the last UTME.”
Qadri appealed to the state government and security agencies to fish out the perpetrators.
However, Osun Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident, saying officers had been deployed to the area.
She said, “Someone was burnt with a car around Okanla, the area between Ifon and Ilobu. We have deployed our men to the area to forestall further breakdown of law. Even the Commissioner of Police went there. Normalcy is returning to the place.”