See how Oluomo’s buses got burnt, 25 arrested as Police Inspector is declared missing (See details)

See how Oluomo’s buses got burnt, 25 arrested as Police Inspector is declared missing (See details)

On Easter day in Ifo area, Ogun State Police Command have revealed more details aftermath the killing of a bikeman.

Report from the state confirmed that 25 suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with the mayhem that characterised a traditional festival in Ifo Local Government Area of the state.

The Sun report quoted the police as saying that a police inspector was missing after a bloody clash between suspected hoodlums at the annual Akoogun festival held in Ifo town.

It was gathered that hoodlums suspected to be cultists had clashed in the town after a heated argument, which led to the death of one person.

The hoodlums later set ablaze the constituency office of the Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, located at Coker Bus top.

At least five buses belonging to Oluomo were also burnt during the skirmish, which forced motorists and commuters on the Sango-Ifo-Abeokuta expressway to scamper to safety on Sunday night, The Sunsays.

Ogun State Commissioner of Police,  Bashir Makama, who reportedly visited the scene on Monday afternoon, said the whereabouts of the  Inspector of Police was unknown since Sunday when the incident happened.

“Now, a  police inspector is missing. The police inspector was inflicted with machete cuts during the mob attack and up till now his whereabouts is unknown. That gave the credence that they were attacked”.

Furthermore, Spokesperson of the Ogun State police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, added that a young man, simply identified as Akeem was hit by a stray bullet and died after which policemen dispatched to repel the clash between the hoodlums came under serious attack.

According to him, men of the Zonal Intervention Squad, Obada in Ewekoro Local Government Area, had already arrested a  suspect for being in possession of guns at the festival and the hoodlums prevented the squad from whisking him away by attacking the police.

“That suspect mentioned another person that he was part of the notorious cult  group which they all belonged to. t was that one that was taken to Ifo to identify the suspect and they  had successfully arrested him.  But on their way coming, they mobbed and attacked the officers and in the course of escaping from the attack, they released gun shots and incidentally, it hit one person and he died”.

He however, said a few minutes after the incident, some hoodlums went to the office of the deputy Speaker in Coker Bus Stop and set it ablaze along with the five buses.

Moreover, He described the act as criminal and vowed that those perpetrators would be made to face the law .

“Some people mobilised themselves and attacked the office of the deputy Speaker, burnt down the office and five vehicles parked at the premises.

“The correlation between the incident that happened and the reaction of the people is what we cannot establish. Because there is no nexus between the two of them"

Credit, The Sun

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