By Dare Ojelade, Igbesa
An argument over road blocking has led to violence in Igbesa, an Awori community in Ogun State, with one person confirmed dead and several injured, reports The Gazelle News.com.
Contrary to reports circulated on social media, students of the Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH) are not in anyway connected with the violence.
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Eye witness told The Gazelle News.com that trouble started on Saturday, 17 October, 2020 at the Obanla area of the town when a car blocked the street while attempting to tow another car that got stucked in a ditch.
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According to reports, a motorcycle trying to pass but with no space engaged the driver of the car, it developed into a serious shouting match which led to one stabbing another leading to the death of one person.
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The Gazelle News.com learnt that what led to the violence was the fact that the person stabbed to death was an Indigene of the town while the man who stabbed him to death was neither an indigene nor a student.
