Three People Die During Clash by OPC Members In Kwara State

Not Less than three people were feared dead yesterday at Agbamu in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State after a clash by members of the Oodua Peoples Congress.


An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said six other persons sustained varying degrees of  injuries. He added that the injured victims were rushed to some privately owned hospitals in the area  for medical attention.

The source said trouble erupted when some OPC members, who were allegedly expelled recently from the group, stormed St. Paul Anglican Primary School, Agbamu, where  the 10th anniversary of the coronation of Arigbamu of Agbamu, Oba Samuel Dare, was holding to protest their expulsion before OPC National Coordinator, Chief Gani Adams.

The protest was said not to have gone down well with some members of the state chapter of OPC, which later became a violent clash among the OPC members.

A policeman at Agbamu Police Post, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to journalists on the issue: “I can confirm to you that three people were shot dead, while several others were seriously injured. The injured ones have been taken to nearby hospitals.”