Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have again attacked the ancient town of Owo, Ondo state, seven weeks after terrorists attacked the St Francis Catholic church and murdered defenseless worshippers.
Many people were said to have been injured in the latest attack on Wednesday evening, at Folahanmi Junction.
Eyewitnesses report that the gunmen opened fire on people at the Craneburg Construction Company site located in the area.
A also claimed that some explosive devices were also used during the attack.
However, the casualty figure was yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, but many people were said to be injured in the attack.
The state police command image maker, Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the incident but said three persons were injured during a shootout in the town
Odunlami said she could not confirm if the attackers are terrorists or mere bandits.
According to her ” Tonight, there was a shooting incident at Craneburg Construction Company Owo, Policemen are currently at the scene, victims have been taken to Hospital and they are in stable condition.
” We can not ascertain the casualty figure now and we also cannot say it was a terrorists’ attack with the use of explosives devices but tomorrow( Thursday ) morning , the EOD men of the command would go to the scene.”
Odunlami appealed to residents not to panic that the situation was under control
