The Police Command in Kwara says it has arrested 10 people over a fracas that broke out at Abayawo area of IIorin metropolis on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some residents, including a police officer, were wounded in the incident which lasted several hours.
The command’s spokesman, Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the arrest in an interview with NAN.He, however, said no life was lost in the incident while those injured had been conveyed to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital.
NAN reports that the ever- busy Abayawo-Okelele road was deserted on Wednesday while scores of policemen were sighted keeping vigil in the area.Pupils in public and private schools in the area rushed home as a result of the fracas while social and economic activities were paralysed .
An eye witness said that the fracas was caused by the killing of a hunter’s dog by a car belonging to a resident of Abayawo.
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