Residents of Iba community, Ifelodun Local Government area of Osun State, are under tension after gunmen killed a nursing mother simply identified as Khadija inside a bathroom.
It was gathered that the unfortunate incident happened on Tuesday around 10:00pm at Oke Akute area of the ancient town.
The assailants suddenly appeared and shot the shot Khadija, who was nursing a three-months old child while she was bathing.
Subsequently, she was rushed to a private hospital in Iree community for treatment by her relatives.
However, she died on Thursday at the private hospital around 5AM.
The motives behind the killing is yet to be ascertained.
A residents of the town , Sodiq Kehinde said that the people of the ancient town are still in shock over the unfortunate incident.
Kehinde lamented that similar incident occured in the town five years ago, calling on security agencies to come to fish out the perpetrators.
When contacted, the Spokesperson of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, Kehinde Adeleke confirmed the incident.
She said investigation into the crime has commenced because same occurrence happened five years ago in the area.
