Bloodbath in Shagamu as 50 thugs’ invade village

There was bloodbath in Moro Village, Shagamu Ogun State, after thugs, numbering over 50 invaded the village on Wednesday morning.

The presence of the thugs threw the community into panic. Commercial activities came to a halt and civil servants and school pupils ran back home.

By the time the hoodlums left the village, they left 15 people wounded. They were rushed to nearby hospitals and are presently battling to stay alive.

Among those that sustained injury is Dauda Asikolaye, a land owner. He said he was conveying his workers to his new site at Egan, when unknown thugs unleashed terror on them. He noted that 15 of his workers were severely injured.
Asikolaye said: “l was going to my site, at Egan Village when the thugs attacked us. I was just alighting from my Toyota Jeep, when several gun shots came towards my direction. We were attacked by one Ofin and his colleagues.”

It was gathered that the thugs were not targeting Asikolaye; rather they mistook him for their opponents in an ongoing feud.
A source disclosed that the thugs had been at war over the ownership of Moro land in the past one year. When they sighted Asikolaye and his workers, they feared he was part of their opponents attempting to allegedly steal their lands and without thinking twice, they attacked.

Some of Asikolaye’s workers, who escaped to unknown directions, left their boss inside the car, riddled with bullets, blood drenched his native agbada and the windscreen of his vehicle perforated with bullets. Asikolaye said that his survival was nothing short of a miracle.
Some of the victims who sustained injuries are Tope Folarin, Taiwo Azeez, Aluko Emmanuel and Sunday Shedu.
Folarin said he would be able to identify the said Ofin who attacked him and his colleagues.
Shedu stated that the attack came as a surprise to him, adding that he sustained two bullets shots which left him almost dead.

Community leader in Moro Village, Chief Kabiru Anifowose, said that most of the residents in the village had left to neighboring villages for safety.
Anifowose further explained that the thugs allegedly belonged to Lagos and Ogun states based land grabber. According to him, the land grabber for long had been terrorizing the villagers.

He however urged the Ogun State Government and security agencies to come to Moro Village aid, stressing that they could many of them now live in fear.
The police had visited the scene of the attack, while efforts are in top gear to arrest culprits.
The Divisional Police Officer for Ogijo Police Station confirmed the incident, adding that the case might be referred to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Elewe-Eran for further investigations.