A
notorious hoodlum, who has been terrorising Ilorin and environ was killed
yesterday at Pakata area of the city, while an army officer sustained severe
injury in a fierce battle that lasted nine hours.
Eye
witness account told Vanguard that Anifowoshe community in
Pakata, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, was a theatre of war in the battle between
the hoodlum and a combined team of Army, Airforce and Police.
Residents
of the area were held hostage for hours, while the main road around Government
Girls Day Secondary School was blocked by the security team, thus preventing
vehicular movement from both sides.
The
suspect, believed to be in his thirties, suspected to be a policeman from
Okene, Kogi State, reportedly rented an apartment in the area for his wife and
aged mother from where he had been carrying out his nefarious activities.
The
source said: “In the ensuing crossfire, the suspect was said to have been
gunned down,while an unidentified man of Nigeria Army among the security team
sustained wound on his arm as a result of bullet fired at him by the suspect.
“The
area became tension soaked while the gun duel, which started around 2am of
yesterday’s morning lasted till around 11am.”
Another
eyewitness account said the security operatives had been on the trail of the
suspect for the past three days.
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