Confusion As Hunter Kills Man, Evacuates Corpse In Osun
The residents of Iwo in Osun State at the early hours of April 02, 2023, were thrown into mourning after a hunter, whose identity was not at press time shot a man dead.
The ugly trend took place near the Latico area in Iwo around 3 am. Meanwhile, the suspect was trying to evacuate the remains when some passersby stormed the scene and contacted the police.
While responding to distress call, police operatives mobilized to the scene and apprehended the suspect. Not satisfied with the development, the residents stormed the street in protest, setting up bonfires on strategic locations.
Reacting, the Director of Information for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State, Kehinde Adeleke, said the timely intervention of security agencies brought the protest to its knees.
According to her, “On the 2nd of April 2024, information reached the NSCDC Office, Latico Area Iwo, that a local hunter at a junction in the area around 03:00 am on Tuesday, shot a man dead.
“The hunter was believed to be planning to evacuate the corpse before daybreak. But another resident met him at the scene and alerted the police. The police arrested the hunter which led to some boys in the area to start setting up bonfires in protest.”
She said, “The NSCDC, Iwo with other sister agencies were deployed in the area in a bid to bring the situation under control.”
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On its part, a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command, Yemisi Opalola, said an investigative team had been put in place to unravel the circumstances that led to the shooting of the deceased.
“The Osun State Police Command is miffed with the report/news of the shooting/killing of a man in Iwo despite continuous warnings/sensitisation of members of the public especially hunters and other local security outfits on the use of guns (firearms).
“The command is using this medium to appeal to members of the public, especially the family of the deceased and residents of Iwo, to remain calm and not to take the law into their hands as the command has set up a team of crack detectives to investigate the circumstances that led to the shooting/killing of the man in the town,” he said.