Six people, including the father of a suspected kidnapper, were reportedly killed on Tuesday in Share, the headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government in Kwara State.

Our reporter learnt that the incident, which happened at the Share cattle market, later turned into pandemonium.

A source hinted that the vigilantes deployed to the market arrested a suspected kidnapper whom they tied and took to the police station.

According to the source, the information about the arrest of the suspect got to his father, who allegedly mobilised other members to the market to free his son.

On getting to the market, the old man was said to have attacked one vigilante, who responded swiftly and forcefully too. Consequently, the father died from the reaction.

Following this development, the whole market was plunged into pandemonium with sides engaging in a free-for-all with guns fired unhindered. At the end, no fewer than five corpses were counted.

In the fight, the vigilante who was first attacked sustained serious injury and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is said to be recuperating.

Confirming the Tuesday incident, the Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, on Wednesday, in a telephone chat with newsmen, denied the number of deaths.

Ojo said, “Only one old man died in an attempt to free his son from kidnappers.”

He said: “A young man was kidnapped, and his father came to rescue him, but was shot by the vigilante. It was the confusion that ensued that enabled the kidnappers to escape.”