A yet-to-be-identified night guard reportedly has lost his life when robbers attacked residents of Akobo community in Ibadan.
According to reports, robbers, numbering about 15 invaded the community and inflicted bodily injuries on the night guards, which eventually led to the death of one.
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The night guards attacked were reported to be working in Yawiri, Idi-isin, Tella, Anifalaje, Apata, Iyana Akanni, and Oju-Irin areas of Akobo where the robbers operated for several hours.
The leader of the security guard in the area, identified as Fagbenro, said that a security guard was shot dead at Oju Irin on arrival of the robbers at about 1 am before moving to other areas.
He said that several of the guards, who were attacked by the robbers, are presently on danger list at various hospitals.
According to one of the residents, “one night guard was killed around Oju-Irin, and two security guards who were instructed to guard a transformer at idi-isin were brutally macheted for preventing them from carting away electrical equipment.”
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