Indigenes and residents of Ikoyi-Ile community, Oriire local government area Oyo State are living in fear and anxiety after suspected bandits have sent a notice of the plan to attack the community ahead of time.
Ikoyi-Ile is one of the towns in Oriire local government area, the same local government area where five people were killed a few days ago.
It was reported that some gunmen suspected to be bandits had opened fire and killed five forest guards at old Oyo National Park located at Oloka village in Oriire local government area on Tuesday.
In the latest development, suspected bandits have allegedly informed the residents that they will attack the town on Tuesday, 20 January this year.
The information, it was gathered, was contained in two different notes allegedly written by the bandits.
The two notes were said to have been dropped at the front and back of a building in the town.
One of the hand written notes in Yoruba language which bore no address nor signature has as title, “Lati Odo Bandit”.
It reads: “Lati Odo Bandit, A o wa ni January 20th, 2026. E duro de wa ati pe ki e mu ra fun wa le. A wa lati wa fun yin ni ibanuje ni orilede yin. Ni Ikoyi-Ile Ile Oyo State. E mu ra le fun wa.”
The second note reads, “Bandit information. See, now, Three days we work for you. We said you in Ikoyi – Ile is the government that sent us. Wait for us”.
It has not been confirmed whether these notes emanated from suspected bandits or not.
But a source in the town said the information has caused a lot of panic among the residents of the town.
When contacted, Public Relations Officer of Oyo State Police command, Ayanlade Olayinka said the individual who allegedly discovered the said note is undergoing debriefing, adding the Command has launched a full-scale investigation to determine the origin and intent of the note.
