A bricklayer, Sunday Ojo Shot Dead By Policemen In Ogun State

• A bricklayer Sunday Ojo was shot dead by mobile policemen who stormed the Otere-Apano community in Mowe, Ogun State’s Obafemi Owode Local Government Area.

• The policemen reportedly opened fire on them as a bullet hit Ojo. He died on the spot.

 

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a bricklayer Sunday Ojo was shot dead by mobile policemen who stormed the Otere-Apano community in Mowe, Ogun State’s Obafemi Owode Local Government Area.

According to eko hot blog, Ojo and his colleague, identified only as Kazeem, were working on a construction site in the community when four armed policemen stormed the premises on Tuesday around 2.30pm.

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The policemen reportedly opened fire on them as a bullet hit Ojo. He died on the spot.

Kazeem, on the other hand, escaped death by a whisker.

As they fled the scene, the cops were said to have dragged the victim’s body and dumped it in the bush in an attempt to conceal the crime.

Ismaila Fatoye, the community’s Baale, told our correspondent on Thursday that residents gave the cops a hot chase.

While two officers escaped, Fatoye stated that the remaining two officers, who were hiding in the bush, were apprehended.

He noted that the incident was reported at the Mowe Police Station.

Fatoye said, “We were in the community when we suddenly heard gunshots. At a junction leading into the community, two people, Kazeem and Ojo, were sand-filling a site, so we ran in that direction.

“When we got there, Kazeem and Ojo were nowhere to be found. We started calling their names, but only Kazeem responded. He came out from where he was hiding and when we saw him, he said we should not allow the policemen to escape as they had shot Ojo.

“We saw bloodstains on the ground and when we trailed the blood, we found where they dumped Ojo’s corpse. At the same time, people in the community chased the four armed policemen, but two of them escaped, while the remaining two ran into the bush.

“I quickly went to the Mowe Police Station to report and policemen from the station, alongside our youth leader, were able to locate and arrest the armed policemen inside the bush.”

Fatoye accused policemen guarding a neighbouring estate, which shared a boundary with the community, of perpetrating the crime.

He said, “The policemen were part of those guarding Pentagon Estate for the estate’s Chairman, Kennedy Okoruwa. A boundary separates the estate from our community.”