Although, we don't know why he was attacked but it looks like a targeted attack." The death of the 31-year-old trails the death of popular gospel singer, Samie Okposo.
A vigilante member who confirmed the brutal assault said, "The bandits surrounded the venue of the Maulud celebration and fired gunshot at the participant, injuring many and took several captives to an unknown location.
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has cut short his national assignment in Abuja to visit the Owo community in his state where unconfirmed number of persons were on Sunday, June 5, brutally murdered by unknown gunmen in a church.
The attack was sudden. How they carried out the attack and entered the church cannot be explained. "No one thought that such incident could happen in Ondo State not to talk of People. "Let us not retaliate because we will apprehend them.
Labour Party presidential aspirant, Peter Obi has reacted to the attack staged by some unknown gunmen at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State.
The situation got intense, as the officer stepped down the vehicle to launch an attack at the LASTMA official. The soldiers who were seen today attacking the LASTMA officials came to retaliate on behalf of the soldier.
Reports have it that Alamu launched a brutal attack on Adamu of Elega village in Oriire local government area of the state, on August 21, after he caught his cattle grazing on his farmland.
Help me thank God for saving us from the attackofunknown gunmen....at Obodoukwu ideato north IMO state. Not my head. Not my blood. Attack will come but you shall be saved....Says the Lord," she wrote.
Unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, an armed group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have killed two police officers along old Gariki Road, Okigwe Council Area of Imo State.
Adding to the night of terror, armed men also invaded Dangani village in Musawa LGA around 11:30 pm on Wednesday. They fired gunshots, causing panic and chaos before abducting an unknown number of residents.
Unknown gunmen in Okene Local Government area of Kogi State on Friday evening ambushed officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agent (NDLEA) on duty, killing 3 on the spot.
"As I speak to you, over 20 PDP youths of my community, Sime-Tai, were brutally murdered and several others taken away alive as unknown gunmen invaded my community midnight of yesterday," Nbina stated.
Sources told this newspaper that the gunmen ambushed the security operatives, who were driving in two pick-up trucks to an unknown location, and opened fire on them, killing a yet-to-be-ascertained number of operatives.