One person has reportedly been killed and another one injured as bandits invaded the Oreke-Okegbo community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state.

It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday when the bandits reportedly in military uniforms invaded the community at about 7:00 p.m.

According to a credible source, ?they shot one person at Awere River, and all efforts made by Kabiesi Oloreke to contact the army at Oro Ago proved abortive.?

However, speaking on the telephone on Sunday, the traditional ruler of Oreke, Oba Joseph Sunday Adefila, confirmed the attack, adding that ?one person was killed while another one was injured.?

?The bandits, including a woman, came into the community from a nearby village after an operation. What we gathered was that they were on their way to another place after our community when they encountered some guards protecting some Chinese nationals in the area.

?Those guards thought they were soldiers when they requested a vehicle to carry their other colleagues because they were in army uniforms.

?But attempts by the guards to authenticate their claims led to a disagreement and they left to lie in ambush. They attacked two people and killed one in the process.

?After the attack, they got stuck at Awere river after Babanla town due to the volume of the water and they could not cross until the following morning when they were able to escape,? he said.

The monarch added that, ?They are not herdsmen but spoke Hausa sparingly, I suspect they are foreign nationals from neighbouring countries.?

Reacting to the incident, the spokesperson of the state Police Command, DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, said the command was aware of the incident and had commenced investigation.

?Notwithstanding, all security measures have been put in place to protect the lives and property of Kwarans. Further developments will be communicated soon,? she added. (Courtesy, excluding headline, Daily Trust)

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