A police officer attached to Toll-Gate Division, Oyo State Police Command has been reportedly killed during the shootout between kidnappers and policemen.
The incident happened on Friday night, October 28, when kidnappers attempted to abduct travellers along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
NigeriaCrime.com gathered that at about 6.35 pm on Friday, operatives of the Command attached to Toll-Gate Division received information about sporadic gunshots heard along the Dominion University end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Police Command, SP Adewale Osifeso, said there was an attempted abduction of travellers along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday night, October 28.
According to him, on Friday, operatives of the Command attached to Toll-Gate Division received information about sporadic gunshots heard along the Dominion University end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.”
He said the police officers with other security agents worked to abort the attack. He further stated that an officer attached to the command was killed during the shootout.”
In a swift response to the above, the Divisional Police Officer led a team comprising; Anti-crime patrol operatives, tactical teams, Police Mobile men and local hunters for immediate rescue and further intervention.”
During the process of prevailing and preventing further chaos from what was an abduction scenario, an Officer attached to the Command paid the supreme price with one other badly injured and presently responding to treatment.”
Osifeso stated that expended ammunition shells and (4) Four abandoned vehicles were retrieved at the scene.
He stated that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Adebowale Williams, has ordered Full-Scale scientific and technological aided Investigations to unravel the events that led to the incident with the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department leading the Charge.
He added that caregivers, Traditional Healers and Residents within and outside the area of the shooting incident are advised to be on the lookout for gunshot victims and immediately report any strange occurrence to the Police for prompt action.