Gunmen today attacked the Ilejemeje Local Government Area secretariat in Ẹda-Oniyọ, Ekiti State, disrupting regular operations and prompting employees to run away from the premises for their safety.
The hoodlums who were said to have come from the Obbo-Ayegunle community in the neighbouring Kwara State, violently stormed the secretariat, firing several gunshots, making workers run in different directions, running for their lives and in the ensuing pandemonium, one of them was injured.
The hoodlums reportedly also vandalized the Secretariat building and other property of the council.
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Though the cause of the attack is still sketchy as at the time of filling this report, it was reliably gathered that the two communities have been embroiled in crisis for some time over land disputes.
During the attack, which lasted for several hours, one person was said to have sustained serious injury and was said to have been rushed to the State Specialist Hospital in Iye-Ekiti for urgent medical attention.
Sources disclosed that the hoodlums who were heavily armed with dangerous weapons like gun, charms and cutlasses invaded the Secretariat at about 10:am.
Recall that some armed intruders laid siege on the Oyo State Government Secretariat early Saturday, attempting to enter the Governor’s Office and the state House of Assembly complex.
The intruders were said to have arrived at the secretariat in buses, hoisting a flag suspected to belong to some agitators.
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