Days after armed Yoruba Nation agitators invaded the Oyo State Government secretariat, heavily armed gunmen on Tuesday, stormed the Ilejemeje local government area secretariat in Ẹda-Oniyọ, Ekiti State.
Their invasion caused panic and chaos among workers who scampered to safety.
The hoodlums who were said to have come from the Obbo-Ayegunle community in neighbouring Kwara State, violently stormed the secretariat, shooting indiscriminately. They said to have vandalized the secretariat building and office property.
Sources say the attack may not be connected to the recent declaration of the Yoruba Nation as a sovereign state, but a clash between two communities that have been embroiled in crisis for some time over land disputes.
During the attack, which lasted for several hours, one person was said to have sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the State Specialist Hospital in Iye-Ekiti.
Sources disclosed that the hoodlums who were heavily armed with dangerous weapons including guns, charms and cutlasses invaded the Secretariat at about 1000:am.
Speaking on the attack, the Eleda of Eda Oniyo community, Oba Awodipo Awolola explained that the hoodlums had in few days attacked some residents of the community, with charms in their farmlands, the development which the monarch said resulted in panic and tension.
The traditional ruler who lamented the absence of a police post in the area, said there is a need for security outfits to mobilise more officers to the community to prevent further breaking of law and order.
Similarly, the Chairman of Ilejemaje Local Government, Mr Alaba Dada, said the suspected hoodlums were from the Obbo-Ayegunle community in Kwara State.
He attributed the attacks to the lingering land disputes between the two communities and that security agents have been mobilised to the town to prevent repraisal attacks.
He said there is need for the Ekiti and kwara State governments to meet to settle the land dispute in the interest of peace and harmonious relationship.