Suspected bandits in the early hours of Sunday 6th of June, 2021 attacked Igangan community in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State and killed many residents.
The number of casualties cannot be ascertained as of the time of filing this report but reliable sources confirmed that many were injured.
The palace of the monarch of the town, Asigangan of Igangan, Oba Lasisi Adeoye and a filling station were also burnt.
It would be recalled that a popular activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, had earlier stormed Igangan to fulfill his promise to chase the Fulanis out of Ibarapaland.
Sunday Igboho on January 15, 2021 stormed the Fulani settlements in Igangan with an instruction that the entire Fulanis in the community should leave the area within seven days, having been fingered in the series of abductions for ransom, killings, and other criminal activities in the area.
Meanwhile, the Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Debo Ogundoyin condemned the fresh overnight bandits/herders attack on Igangan.
He said in a post made available to newsmen on Sunday, “Early this morning I received distressed calls of fresh attack on our people in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government by bandits and suspected criminal herders in which about five residents were allegedly killed, some injured and properties burnt”.
Ogundoyin condoled with families who lost their loved ones and properties in the recent attack.
He also appreciated security personnel, vigilantes, Amotekun corps and local hunters who rose to combat the bandits in the middle of the night.
“I condemn this unfortunate attack and sympathise with the families who lost their loved ones and properties. I also appreciate the security personnel, vigilantes, Amotekun corps, our local hunters and brave men that rose in the middle of the night to combat the bandits and save lives of our people”.
“These murderers are not tired and t is our collective responsibility to protect our lives, women, children and our communities from these evil doers”, he wrote.
Ogundoyin also called for an urgent security meeting with all security stakeholders within Ibarapa community.