No fewer than six persons have been killed on wednesday by suspected gunmen in Sabo area of Ondo town in Ondo State.
Sabo, is area dominated by Northern Nigerians, and means ‘strangers’ in Hausa language.
Reports by DailyTrust says the six people killed in the attack are all men and of Northern extraction.
Confirming the incident, Sarkin Hausawa of Ondo, Alhaji Abdulsalam Yusuf, told Daily Trust that the gunmen stormed the area on motorbikes around 12:30 am and opened fire on innocent roadside petty traders.
“They came to our area (Sabo) on motorbikes and each was carrying three gunmen. All of a sudden, they started shooting people who were mostly Suya and tea vendors.
“A J5 bus driver who was on transit and had stopped to eat was the first victim. They killed a ‘guardman’ (security guard) and another shopkeeper who was trying to lock up his shop and run away from the assailants.
“They again gunned down two young men who were eating noodles at a mai shayi (a tea seller) stall. That makes five victims in Sabo alone.
“Again, they struck another area called Iba where they also shot dead another man,” Yusuf said.
The attack is coming few days after terrorists attacked St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, another town in Ondo State, killing scores of worshippers in the church.
