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Oyo State Police Command on Thursday stated some hoodlums attacked some Policemen who arrested two suspects.

Police stated the hoodlums after attacking the policemen in Ibadan additionally freed the 2 suspects who had been arrested.

Our correspondent gathered that some hoodlums have been terrorising harmless residents round Idi Arere, Popoyemoja, Born picture, Molete, Beere, Shogoye, Akobi and different areas throughout the Ibadan metropolis.

DAILY POST recollects {that a} 60-year outdated plantain vendor was killed throughout a conflict between two rival cult teams in one of many areas a couple of days in the past.

The state Police Command on Thursday introduced that law enforcement officials from Mapo Division succeeded in arresting two suspects in reference to the sequence of public disturbance in a lot of the areas.

Sadly, police stated the suspects had been let out by some hoodlums who attacked the policemen arresting the suspects.

Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko in a press release made accessible to DAILY POST by way of the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi narrated that one suspected hoodlum, recognized as Packaging, led some thugs numbering about thirty (30) to assault and mob the Police crew whereas forcefully taking the 2 miscreants away.

Onadeko used the medium to attraction to oldsters and guardians within the two areas to warn their wards to desist from acts able to inflicting the breakdown of legislation and order.

She added that large deployment of Police personnel and that of Sister Safety Companies have been put in place to forestall additional crises.

“The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command needs to tell most of the people on the incident that occurred earlier immediately twenty eighth January, 2021 at about 1145hrs at Odo-Osun Space of Mapo the place Police personnel from Mapo Divisional Police Headquarters had been deployed to impact the arrest of two infamous miscreants who’ve been deeply concerned within the disaster rocking Shogoye/Akobi areas of Mapo currently.

“It may be recalled that armed thugs from Shogoye/Akobi Areas have been unleashing mayhem, inflicting grievous hurts and dying of harmless residents within the two areas. On the twenty fifth of January, 2021 at about 0600hrs, an aged lady in a white Celestial church cap referred to as Modupe Daramola ‘f’ aged 60 years of a Celestial church in Akobi space was hit with pellets from a regionally made gun fired by one of many hoodlums in the course of the clashes and gave up the ghost, whereas another ones sustained various levels of accidents.

“Sequel to the arrest of the 2 infamous miscreants who had been handcuffed, one A.Ok.A Packaging led some thugs numbering about thirty (30) to assault and mobbed the Police crew whereas forcefully took the 2 miscreants from them.

“In a bid for the Police personnel to flee from being lynched, a shot was fired to the air whereas the Police personnel managed to flee.

“At about 1220hrs, one Akeem ‘m’ within the firm of some indignant miscreants invaded the Police Station to report that his youthful brother was shot and the miscreants tried to assault Mapo Police Station, whereas some automobiles on the junction resulting in the road of the Station had been broken.

“The mob was thereafter repelled by Police personnel who had been strategically positioned to forestall the Station from being attacked. Not too lengthy, at about 1350hrs, the corpse of 1 Badmus Rasheed ‘m’ 20 years was delivered to the Police Station amidst the indignant mob that was earlier repealed from attacking the Station.

“The Commissioner of Police needs to attraction to oldsters/guardians within the two areas to warn their wards to desist from acts able to inflicting the breakdown of legislation and order as the huge deployment of Police personnel and that of Sisters Safety Companies have been emplaced to forestall additional crises.”