No fewer than ten people were reportedly injured Monday evening in
Omi- Adio area of Ibadan when some members of a gang called “Gobe” clash
with members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC).
DAILY POST learnt Tuesday morning that the trouble started when about
twenty members of the “Gobe” gang, led by one Sarafa, attacked some
members of OPC at Ido junction Monday evening.
One of the OPC members simply known as Adigun was said to be
seriously injured as a result of dangerous weapons such as cutlasses,
machetes, and broken bottles used to attack him by the gang.
A source in the area informed journalists that apart from the OPC
members, the rampaging “Gobe” gang members also inflicted injuries on
passers -bye,who came to board commercial motorcycles back to their
homes at the Ido junction after the working hours on Monday.
The source informed DAILY POST that it took the intervention of a
team of policemen from the Omi-Adio police station before the violence
was prevented from escalating, as OPC members in the community had
already mobilized themselves.
Chairman of OPC in Ido Local Government Area, Comrade Muritala
Adekola while speaking with journalists on the matter on Tuesday said he
had however reported the attack on his members to police at the
Omi-Adio Police Station.
He said that the “Gobe” gang immediately took to their heels when
they sighted him and a police team that later stormed the area.
Adekola said that the gang members dropped some of their weapons.
He said members of the gang were criminals who OPC had in the past
apprehended and handed over to the police for various criminal
activities.
Adekola added that on returning from either police net or prison, the
criminals organized themselves into a gang under the leadership of one
Sarafa Gobe to wage war against OPC members in the community.