Seven suspects have been apprehended by the police in connection to a conflict in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state, which resulted in the death of an officer. According to Adewale Osifeso, the police spokesperson in the state, one of the suspected hoodlums attempted to take the officer’s gun, hitting him on the head, which ultimately led to his death. Osifeso also disclosed that the police operatives from Moniya Area Command, under the Oyo State Police Command, were attacked while performing their duties on a lawful intelligence-led Stop and Search near a significant black spot. Furthermore, the police have confiscated 12 motorcycles from suspects involved in the incident. The event occurred when the team of operatives, led by Inspector Stanley Ikhine, was on patrol, and they stopped an ash-colored Lexus 350 Jeep with an almost-erased number. The vehicle initially complied with the officers’ orders but then rapidly accelerated, evading the officers on duty. This suspicious action resulted in the police pursuing the vehicle. A few meters from the initial stoppage point, the Jeep turned off the road into a nearby garage, where it was taken by waiting hoodlums who were also involved in the criminal process, obstructing the officers from performing their duties and aiding the SUV and its occupants’ escape. The hoodlums unprovokedly attacked the officers and attempted to take a rifle from one of them. In the process, a shot was discharged from the barrel, and unfortunately, the brave officer paid the ultimate price, receiving a severe blow to his skull from one of the hoodlums while preventing them from taking his firearm. The officer’s remains have been deposited at the state morgue in Ibadan.
