One member of the Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), identified as Afiz Agate, was reportedly shot dead in a gun duel between members of the PMS and a group, simply identified as Federal Boys.
Newscoven.ng gathered that the crisis which resulted in a violent clash, started on Thursday evening at the Oremeji Agugu area of Ibadan, the state capital.
The details of the cause of the crisis between the two groups were not clear as at the time of this report, just as men and officers of the Nigeria Police and Amotekun have reportedly taken over the maintenance of law and order in the area.
The Public Relations Officer of Oyo PMS, Alhaji Emiola Jelili, when contacted confirmed the incident but was silence on the numbers of causalities involved in the fracas.
He said the Federal Boys are not drivers but area boys who are allegedly extorting motorists at the Oremeji area, adding: “There was no fight among us. What happened is that there are area boys called Federal Boys. They are not drivers, but they extort drivers.
“We have reported them to the police at Agugu Police Station, but nothing was done about it. Some people told us that the police could not do anything to them because some of the policemen allegedly connived with them.
“But yesterday, while the robbery at Iwo Road was going on, there was gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and these Federal Boys used that also to be robbing people in the traffic.
“Some of those who escaped ran to our park in the area but these boys still pursued them. We had to drive them back. They came back and attacked our offices after we had closed but security agents have taken over the place now.”
The commandant of Amotekun in Oyo State, Colonel Olayinka Olayanju, confirmed the incident and admitted that one person was killed among the Federal Boys.
“Yes, we have been on it since yesterday. We restored normalcy this morning but they have started the fracas again. one person was killed among the Federal Boys and the corpse is still on the ground at Oremeji. But everything is under control,” he said.
When contacted the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Adewale Osifeso, said he would get back on the details of the incident as soon as possible.
