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Three suspects have been arrested by Men of Ogun state Police Command for attempting to kill a police sergeant, Akinpelu Sunday while carrying out his duty at Orile imo, in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of the State
The suspects were arrested while making attempt to lynch an operation vehicle .
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the incident happened on Saturday, 31st of December.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Monday .
Oyeyemi saud the suspects; Olayiwola Basiru, Bamimore Isiaka and Soliu were arrested when they attempted to attack a policeman and attempted to burn police towing vehicle so as to prevent investigation into the cause of the accident.
He said the policeman escaped from the attackers and ran to the nearby police station .
He said “following the report of an accident at Orile-imo area, a police sergeant attached to the Traffic Section of the Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters was detailed to rescue the victims and recover the vehicles involved to the station.
“But on getting to the scene, the suspects attacked the policeman and the towing vehicle driver with sledge hammer, stick and other dangerous weapons in order to prevent them from taking one of the vehicles involved to the station for further investigation
“The policeman and the towing vehicle driver managed to escape from the scene and ran to the station with varying degrees of injuries.
“The Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egba division, CSP Olasunkanmi Popoola when hinted led his men to the place where he met the suspects who had already poured petrol on the towing vehicle and about setting it ablaze after removing the cash sum of #520,000 belonging to the towing vehicle driver.
“Three amongst the hoodlums were arrested, while others escaped but the remaining petrol was recovered from them.”
The PPRO however said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered that those escaped must be hunted for and brought to book.
Oyeyemi said the commissioner further directed that the arrested suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible prosecution.
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