The convoy of the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, and his Imo state counterpart, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Friday dislodged a group of hoodlums operating at the Dugbe area of Ibadan, the state capital.
A statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Oyo State, Dr. Festus Adedayo, stated that the hoodlums had been having a field day in the area, shooting indiscriminately and brandishing machetes before the convoy conveying the governors arrived in the area.
The governors, who had just left the burial ceremony of the mother of Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), in Ibadan, were on their way to the Rochas Okorocha Foundation when they heard sporadic gunshots from the hoodlums, which had already created pandemonium in the adjoining market in the area.
It was learnt that the hoodlums were members of rival factions of a road transport union.
The governors’ convoy, according to the statement, stormed the area to confront the feuding parties.
The security operatives, it was further gathered were able to dislodge the hoodlums before a reinforcement was called from the police headquarters and the state crime-fighting outfit, Operation Burst, arrived in the area
The statement added that the number of casualties could not be ascertained.
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