Gunmen have killed a police officer in Akure, Ondo State, during a raid on a police facility.
The slain officer was identified as Inspector Temenu Boluwaji, according to a statement by the Ondo State Police Command.
Mr Boluwaji was killed during an attack on Okuta Elerinla Division in Akure, the state capital, in the early hours of Monday.
Spokesperson of the police command, SP Odunlami Funmilayo, said the Commissioner of Police had ordered the arrest of the attackers, whom she described as hoodlums.
The statement said, “On the 25th July, 2022 around 0100 am, hoodlums attacked OKUTA ELERINLA DIVISION in Akure. Policemen who were at alert and alive to their duty repelled them accordingly and the miscreants were unable to gain entrance into the station.
“During the crossfire, one of our gallant station guards AP.207538 0INSPR. TEMENU BOLUWAJI was hit by a bullet, he later died on his way to the hospital.”
