The Osun State Police Command has said suspected hoodlums who snatched an AK-47 service rifle from its personnel were responsible for the killing of two persons in Ikire on Monday.
The command also said two police officers sustained serious injuries during the attack, adding that a patrol vehicle attached to the Ikire Division was forcefully taken away by the assailants.
In a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, obtained in Osogbo on Tuesday, the police identified the victims of the shooting incident as Nurení Sobowale, male, aged 49, of Odeda Area, Abeokuta, and Saheed Akinrole, male, aged 43, of Adeagbo Compound, Ikire.
According to the statement, the patrol vehicle was later abandoned and recovered with multiple bullet holes and a destroyed windscreen, while nine expended ammunition shells were recovered at the scene and secured for forensic analysis.
“The remains of the two deceased civilians have been deposited at Oluyoro Catholic Mortuary, and their families have been duly notified.
