A clash between members of the Park Management System(PMS) in Oyo State, and some thugs, known as the federal boys, has reportedly led to the untimely death of a man, identified as Afiz Agate.
It was gathered that Agate was a member of PMS.
The clash, which reportedly started at Oremeji area of Ibadan on Thursday, continued on Friday morning, Newspeakonline reports.
It was learnt that gunshot sounds rendered the air which caused panic among residents of the area.
The Commandant of Amotekun Corps in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (rtd), confirmed the incident, adding that one person was killed.
The PMS Public Relations Officer in the state, Emiola Jelili, in a short statement, said the federal boys were not driverss but touts, who usually extort motorists, steal from passengers and others at the Oremeji area.
“There is no fight between PMS members. What happened is that there are area boys called federal boys, they are not drivers but they extort drivers and steal from others.
“We have reported them to the police at Agugu in the past, but nothing was done. Some even told us that the police could not do anything to the boys because some of the policemen benefitted from the boys.
“But yesterday (Thursday), while the robbery at Idi-Ape was going on, there was gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other roads. These federal boys seized that opportunity to be robbing people in the traffic.
“Some of those who escaped from them ran to our park in the area to take refuge, but these boys still pursued them there. We had to drive them back. They came back and attacked our offices after we had closed, but security agents had taken over the place now,” Emiola said.
