Gunmen on Friday night stormed Iwo community in Isin LGA of Kwara State and killed a local chief, Raphael Adewuyi, and abducted three persons.
A source explained that the gunmen attacked a filling station at the Sabaja area of the town and abducted the manager, a guard and a cleric with the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC).
The Chairman of the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) of Isin, Engr Tunde Fadipe, said Chief Adewuyi was killed by a stray bullet in his room during the incident.
Fadipe said that the council, in conjunction with the police and other security forces, had mobilised to rescue the victims.
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The spokesperson of the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the incident, said, “Three people were abducted while one man was hit by a stray bullet in his house.
“We have sent our men and vigilantes to go after the abductors and rescue the three people.”
