The incident which happend as a result of argument over a carnival party organised by youths of the town have resolved into a bloody clash.
A report by OYOMIND claimed that At least three people have been reported dead in a clash between Officers of Amotekun and Indigenes of Tapa in Ibarapa North area of Oyo State.
Earlier before the clash, the indigenes were having a carnival that was supposed to end by 10 pm but they couldn’t stop due to the enjoyment, an eye-witnessed narrated.
According to him, the amotekun came around to halt the carnival which they first resisted but at the end of the day, they decided to end it.
“Those boys were having a carnival and probably they are expected to close by 10 pm which they didn’t. The Amotekun told them to stop which took the boys some time to stop the sound.
“In the course of trying to stop the carnival, there was an argument between the boys and the amotekun which made the boys threw stones at the amotekun officers.
“Along the line, the amotekun started shooting directly at the them and now, at least three people have been confirmed dead while many people were injured.
“Bullets are being removed from some people who did not partake in the carnival at all” he said.
