Armed robbers have reportedly killed a senior police officer, identified as Iheme Wilfred, Assistant Supretendent of Police (ASP) at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government area of Ondo state.
A
source said the deceased who was the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) in Ijare
Police Division and other officers were on their official duty when the bandits
attacked them.
It
was learnt that the robbers who carried out operation at Ikere Ekiti state last
Thursday evening were trying to escape through Ondo state.
On
meeting the securitymen on the Ijare-Ikere road, they opened fire on the leader
of the team.
Immediately,the
senior police officers was killed, other members of the team on patrol were
said to have fled into the bush, giving the men of the underworld opportunity
to pack their arms.
The
robbers were said to have earlier attacked a commercial bank in Ikere Ekiti and
carted away unspecified amount of money.
Similary,
Police sources said the deceased got information that the robbers who operated
in Ekiti state were heading towards Ijare in Ondo state which is a border town
of the two states.
He
consequently ordered his men to lay ambush for them but unfortunately got fired
as the robbers first sighted him.
The
state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Wole Ogodo, who confirmed the
incident said men of the State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have commenced
a search for the bandits and expressed confidence that very soon, they would be
apprehended.
He
said” It happened on Thursday night the officer and his men were on duty when
the robbers struck and killed him, we have commenced investigation on it and I
am sure the robbers would soon be arrested.
Ogodo
said the remains of the dead Senior police Officer had been deposited in a
mortuary at the State Hospital, Akure.
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