Unknown number of herdsmen invaded Igbooro, area of Ogun State, killing three and injuring two villagers

Unknown number of herdsmen on Friday night invaded Igbooro, Oja-Odan in the Yewa-North Local Government area of Ogun State, killing three and injuring two villagers.

The marauding herdsmen reportedly invaded the village, closed to Eggua in Oja-Odan around 11 pm on Friday, shot indiscriminately, and set ablaze three houses and storehouses in the village.

A mother and her child were among the three persons killed in their huts while two persons were said to be in critical conditions after they were shot by the herdsmen

Akorede said two villagers, a man, and a woman have been rushed to a nearby hospital after they sustained gunshots injuries.

The village head said, “Some Fulani herdsmen invaded our village last night. As they arrived, they set ablaze some houses and started shooting sporadically, they macheted a child to death where he hid.