Two suspected armed were shot dead at Sagamu interchange, along Lagos
-Ibadan expressway by men of Ogun state police command.
According to a statement issued and signed by the Command's Spokesman,
Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta, the incident occurred on Sunday at about 9pm.
Oyeyemi added that the two suspects were shot dead following a distress
call received by the DPO Shagamu Division, CSP Okiki Agunbiade, at about 9 pm,
that a robbery operation was going on at Shagamu interchange and that one of
their victims has been seriously injured.
Upon the distress call, Oyeyemi said, "The DPO quickly led his
patrol team to the scene where they met the robbers attacking another person
one Agba Enoch. The team engaged them in gun duel at the end of which two
members of the gang were fatally injured, while others escaped with gunshot
injuries".
Oyeyemi revealed that items recovered from them are; three handsets, one
mock guns, one electric clipper, three ATM cards and one blood stained cutlass.
The injured victim, Adekunle Adewale, who was
seriously machete on the head was rushed to hospital for medical
attention.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, who
commended the gallantry display of his men, has directed a massive manhunt for
the fleeing members of the gang, with the view to bring them to justice.
He equally appealed to members of the public, especially hospital, to
quickly alert the police if anybody with gunshot injuries is seen in their
area.
