Mother, daughter shot dead as kidnappers storm Ondo community

Gunmen connected Thursday nighttime invaded the Igushin community, Ala axis of Akure, Ondo State capital, with 2 individuals identified arsenic a parent and girl changeable dead.

The gunmen suspected to beryllium kidnappers had stormed the assemblage to abduct immoderate residents erstwhile they began to sprout sporadically.

The deceased woman, who was said to beryllium the proprietor of a poultry workplace successful the community, was allegedly changeable on with her girl successful their residence.

Communities successful Ondo State had successful the past months been nether gunmen attacks, with residents killed and abducted portion the radical had embarked connected a bid of protests to telephone the attraction of the authorities to their plight.

According to a source, who craved anonymity, the archetypal thought was that the pistillate and her girl had been kidnapped erstwhile they arrived astatine her residence, but it was aboriginal that we realized that they had been changeable dead.

“The kidnappers were astir 5 successful fig and afloat armed. It was the abrupt dependable of gunshots that alerted everyone that determination was trouble. I was discussing with my person successful beforehand of his house, and we instantly scampered for safety.