Soldiers arrest 9 Yoruba Nation agitators over attack on Oyo secretariat
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The Nigerian Navy has arrested a total of 9 Yoruba Nation agitators after a gun battle on the Oyo Relate Authorities Secretariat in Ibadan.
Politics Nigeria earlier reported that some masked males, suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators, had invaded secretariat in the Agodi home of Ibadan.
It was gathered that the agitators occupied and tried to overpower security operatives at both the Relate Assembly advanced and the complete secretariat.
They reportedly eliminated the Nigerian flag all the arrangement by arrangement of the Assembly advanced and hoisted theirs.
But a statement by the Director of Navy Public Relations, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, illustrious that the agitators engaged troops in a gun duel upon sighting them on the secretariat.
He acknowledged that the troops overpowered the agitators who had been carrying international militia mask with berets, and arrested 9 of them whereas others escaped.
The statement learn, “Here is to say the long-established public that on the original time, Saturday, April 13, 2024, sequel to the document of an attack on the Relate Secretariat Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo Relate, troops promptly spoke back to the incident and had contact with adherents of the Yoruba nation carrying international militia mask with berets and armed with weapons in buses and motorbikes.
“Upon encountering their troops, the Yoruba nation adherents engaged the troops in a shootout. Troops, utilising superior firepower, efficiently subdued the attackers, who due to this fact retreated in disarray. As a outcomes of this engagement, 9 members of the irredentist neighborhood had been apprehended. ”
Onyema added that a semi-automatic pump-circulate rifle and ammunition had been recovered from the agitators.
He illustrious that efforts to arrest fleeing members of the neighborhood are ongoing.
“Whereas one semi-automatic pump-circulate rifle and ammunition had been recovered, at this time, troops are on the observe of the fleeing adherents, and the explain is beneath control.
“We reveal members of the final public that each one important measures are being taken to make certain that the protection and security of the long-established home,” the statement added.
He, nonetheless, told the electorate to live unruffled and document suspicious actions to security companies in the neighbourhoods.
Onyema acknowledged, “We trudge the final public to live unruffled and vigilant and to document any suspicious process to the precise security companies. The protection and security of the citizenry remain a precedence, as we are in a position to continue to work tirelessly to place peace and snarl in the snarl.”
