Two Communities Clash Over A Girl

There was pandemonium in Agaka and Adabata communities of Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday following a brawl that ensued between two groups over a girl.  

The clash which generated into a free-for-all left economic activities in the community crippled as traders scamper for safety.

An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity said, the fight broke out over alleged snatching of a girlfriend from a member of one of the the group.  

According to him, members of the two groups were in a party when a member of one of the groups accused another man from a rival group of snatching his girlfriend.

He said the allegation ushered in a heated argument which resulted to a brawl, adding that both groups freely used axes, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons on themselves.  

The witness revealed that the hoodlums pelted police vehicles with stones when they arrived the scene to restore order.

"The vehicle was conveying police officers from the Kwara State Police Command, which had gone there to restore normalcy" he said. 

When contacted, the Kwara State Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the incident, and assured that the culprits would be brought to book.

Source: Legit.ng