Gunmen kill policeman escorting election results in Ogun

Gunmen suspected to be political thugs, on Sunday night, allegedly ambushed ad hoc staff of the Independent  National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State and killed a policeman attached to the escort vehicle. The gunmen, according to a source, had allegedly attempted to snatch election results from the INEC staff at Ilaro in Ogun State. […]

Gunmen suspected to be political thugs, on Sunday night, allegedly ambushed ad hoc staff of the Independent  National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State and killed a policeman attached to the escort vehicle.

The gunmen, according to a source, had allegedly attempted to snatch election results from the INEC staff at Ilaro in Ogun State.

The source said the police escort put on stiff resistance and was killed in the shootout between him and the gunmen.

The policeman identified as Sergeant Idoko Sunday, was escorting the officials and the results from Ipokia area to Ilaro, when the incident occurred at about 8pm.

Though Sergeant Sunday and another police escort, as gathered, attempted to prevent the move  by engaging the bandits in a gun duel, in the process, Sunday was  shot in the chest.

Teams of military and police personnel, who were alerted on the attack, were said to have repelled the hoodlums.

When contacted, spokesman for the Ogun State Police  Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, informing that the command was still on the trail of the hoodlums.

He added that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Illyasu, had directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID) to take over the investigation with a view to arresting perpetrators of the dastardly act.