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Three Die As Gunmen Attack Vehicle Conveying Suspects To Correctional Centre
- Findings on Thursday morning revealed that gunmen laid ambush for a vehicle at Osunjale in Atakunmonsa West Local Government Area.
Not less than three gunmen have been killed along the Osogbo/Ilesha road as they attacked a vehicle conveying murder suspects to the facility of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Ilesha, Osun State.
Eko Hot Blog learnt that the combined efforts of the police and hunters that engaged the gunmen shot three of them dead.
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Osun police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident, noting she has not been briefed about the circumstance surrounding the attack.
Findings on Thursday morning revealed that gunmen laid ambush for a vehicle at Osunjale in Atakunmonsa West Local Government Area.
It was gathered the police, with the effort of the local hunters, repelled the attack.
A statement by Opalola noted that Osun Police tactical team’s vehicle, while taking some murder suspects to Ilesa Correctional centre, after Osunjela river along Osogbo/Ilesa Road, developed mechanical fault.
She explained: “As the nearby mechanics were working on the vehicle, four armed men emerged from Osunjela road on a motorcycle and attacked the Police team by firing sporadically in a bid to hijack suspects.
“However, with the superior fire-power of the Police team, the hoodlums abandoned their motorcycle, three locally made guns; one pump action, two cut to size barrel guns with fourteen live cartridges.
“In the process, three murder suspects sustained several degrees of injuries and later died at Asubiaro hospital in Osogbo and were deposited in the same hospital morgue. The hoodlums fled into the bush with bullet wounds.
“Meanwhile, the police in collaboration with the local security outfits and the youths of the community are combing the bush for possible arrest of the fleeing suspects.”
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