Stray bullets allegedly fired by men of Kwara State police command
killed two women around Oja-Oba area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital,
yesterday.
Vanguard reliably gathered that the victims were at
their duty point at Oja Oba central mosque, clearing refuse when they
were suddenly hit by police stray bullets. They reportedly died on the
spot.
Vanguard, however, learnt
that a team of Police officers in a patrol van belonging to Kwara State
command on patrol around Ilorin central was chasing some car dealers at
Oja-Oba, around Emir of Ilorin’s palace .
In a desperate
attempt to nab the fleeing cars dealer, the police patrol team
reportedly fired gun shots which unfortunately killed the two cleaners.
Contacted, the Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Femi Fabode
said though he was aware of the shooting around Oja-Oba area, he did
not have the details at press time.
He promised to give details of the shooting incident as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, following last week’s bank robbery in Offa, fear of
insecurity has gripped the commercial banks in Offa and Ilorin as they
now close at noon.
Banks around Taiwo Road, Unity Road and
Challenge area which are commercial nerve centres of the state capital
were already closed for businesses when Vanguard checked yesterday
afternoon.
Though notices found at their gates cite the coming
Christmas celebration as reasons, but inside sources claimed fear of
possible attack by armed robbers.
Addressing a press conference
in Ilorin, yesterday, the Commissioner of Police in the state Mr
Agboola Oshodi Glover confirmed that seven police officers and three
civilians(bank officials) were killed by the rampaging robbers in Offa,
last Thursday.
He sympathised with the families of the deceased
and assured the people of Offa and Kwara State in general that ”the
police in Kwara State will not rest on their oars until this gang of
robbers is brought to book.”
The police commissioner also said
the command had beefed up security around Offa and Omu-Aran and indeed
the entire state to ensure adequate security.
He therefore
appealed to residents in the state that the security of lives and
property is highly guaranteed and the people should go about their
lawful businesses and have confidence in the police in Kwara state.
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