Three persons are said to have been killed following the violence that marred the ad hoc ward delegate Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party held across Osun State on Wednesday.
Police spokesperson in the state, Yemisi Opalola, told journalists on Thursday that two persons were killed.
Opalola explained that one of the victims, Toib Mutallib, was killed by suspected political thugs who stormed his ward in Agberire, a community in the Iwo Local Government Area of the state.
On resident in Agberire, simply identified as Sheriffvictim, 28, was said to have died in a hospital following injury he sustained during an attack in his ward.
Another death reportedly happened in Koso Area of Ipetumodu, after one Olamide Aremu, was shot in the leg. He was said to have also died after being rushed to a hospital.
It was also learnt that two other persons got injured during the Congress in Oba Oke, in Olorunda Local Government, and Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government.