A tragedy hit the Ekiti State Police
Command on Thursday as robbers killed a policeman, identified simply as
Inspector Gada, and injured another cop called Sergeant Sunday.
It was learnt that the robbers escaped
with a police van in the robbery, which took place in Ilupeju, in the
Oye Local Government Area of the state.
A resident, who pleaded not to be named,
said, “I think the policemen were returning from a patrol in the Itapa
area and got to a checkpoint between Ilupeju and Oye, in front of the
house of a prominent politician in this state, Bamitale Oguntoyinbo,
when the robbers, who had apparently laid an ambush for them, swooped on
them and rained bullets on the policemen.
“By the time the robbers were through
with the onslaught, the team leader, who we know as Inspector Gada, had
been killed, while Sergeant Sunday was seriously injured and rushed to a
hospital. The incident happened at about 5am.”
The resident added that the robbers escaped in the policemen’s patrol van.
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, Alberto Adeyemi, while confirming the attack, said a policeman
was killed while another one was seriously injured and “has been rushed
to the Federal Medical Hospital in Ido, in the Ido-Osi Local Government
Area of the state.
“Meanwhile, we have commenced
investigation into the incident and will ensure that we get to the root
of the matter and also bring perpetrators to book.”
It will be recalled that the police command lost its paymaster, Idowu Taiwo, on Monday.
Taiwo, was found dead in a car on Monday
with his hands tied to the back in the Ajilosun area after being
kidnapped on Sunday by unidentified gunmen.
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