Comrade Muritala Ifawale Adekola, Chairman of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo state, on Friday raised an alarm over the influx of hoodlums from Lagos state into the Omi-Adio community of Ibadan, the state capital.
Speaking with select journalists at his Omi-Adio residence on Friday, the OPC leader revealed that some hoodlums whose mode of operation is similar to that of the notorious Badoo group in Lagos were already grouping themselves under the name “Gobe” in the community
Adekola, therefore, called on the state police command and other security agents in the state to nip the impending emergence of a notorious group called “Gobe” in the bud before it becomes a major security threat to the Omi-Adio community and Ibadan city at large.
Specifically, the OPC leader condemned the violence that erupted in the Omi-Adio community on Monday evening during which about ten people were reportedly injured after being attacked (with cutlasses) by members of the Gobe gang.
According to him, like members of the Badoo group who use stone to smash their victims in the head and use handkerchiefs to collect their blood, members of the Gobe group use cutlasses already laced with charms to get human blood for ritual purposes.
He revealed that about five of such cutlasses laced with charms were seized from members of the Gobe gang by OPC members during the Monday’s violence.
Adekola, however, vowed that members of the Aare Gani Adams led OPC will not fold their arms and watch members of the “Gobe” group operate in the Omi-Adio community and other parts of Ibadan.
According to him, residents of the community can no longer sleep with their two eyes closed since members of the Gobe gang started terrorizing the area.
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