The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, has confirmed two of its men dead with two others missing in hoodlums’ attack of the Ojoo Police Division, Ibadan, on Tuesday.
Enwonwu made the disclosure in a statement titled,
‘Re: EndSARS protests: Ojoo Divisional Police Headquarters burnt, 2 policemen killed while 2 are still missing,’ saying, “The CP was miffed on the dastardly act of disgruntled/hardened criminals who have hijacked the EndSARS protests to unleash mayhem on police personnel at the Ojoo Divisional Police Headquarters, Ojoo Ibadan today (Tuesday) at about 1pm, set the station ablaze and burnt it down while two policemen were killed and two others still missing.”
The statement added that “The burning of the police station was premeditated as police personnel did not have any interference with the protesters neither were they disturbed in any way. Some of the protesters have ulterior motives and capitalised on the opportunity of the protests to carry out their evil intentions leading to sordid activities of bandits/hardened criminals carrying out coordinated attacks on law abiding police officers/innocent citizens and sending them to early graves.
“The CP wishes to inform the good people of Oyo State and the general public that due to the attacks, some of the police AK 47 rifles were still missing and as a result of this, he implored the people to be vigilant and report any individual or group who are not police officers/military personnel but seen with such rifles to immediately report to the nearest police station.
“The CP further wishes to implore the people to be law abiding to avoid the full wrath of the law from catching up with them. He equally calls on parents/guardians to warn their children/wards of the impending danger of going to the road.
“The CP, therefore, want to authoritatively confirm that effort is on to restore the situation to normal as the Nigerian Army (Operation Burst) are complementing police effort, especially the Police Mobile Force to prevent further attacks.”
Meanwhile, it was gathered that no fewer than two of the protesting youth were killed by the police in the confusion that ensued.
