Groups of young men from two communities in Ilorin, Kwara State, fighting over one girlfriend destroyed at least 25 cars on Saturday.
Reports say that a disagreement started after the two youth group leaders from Itamerin and Ode Popo communities argued about being the boyfriend of one Aisha, a JSS 2 student.
Ifalade Oloruntoba noted that “The bigger tragedy here is that the girl is a JSS 2 student according to the report “25 cars destroyed as youths clash over girlfriend in Kwara“”
A community leader in Ode Popo, Alhaji AbdulRazaq, told newsmen that, “They started the incident around 1:30am on Saturday because of a girl, Aisha, a JSS 2 student of about 18 years.
“They started mobilising themselves for the clash on Friday and left over 25 vehicles destroyed in the process on Saturday,” adding that, “We called on the police to wade in before the issue got out of hand.”
He further said that about 30 suspects, mostly teenagers, have been arrested.
Another resident, Omotayo, said the police arrested the girl, Aisha, on Sunday morning, adding that the leaders of the two groups, one Ismail and his rival, fled the communities after the incident.
When City & Crime visited both communities, the police from G Division, Oloje, were still raiding the areas and arresting suspects.
The DPO of Oloje, Dare Afonja, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent during a visit to the station, said he “was not in a position to provide further detail.”
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