Seven killed in Osun as robbers invade banks, police station
The state police command confirmed that four of its officers were among those shot dead by the armed robbers.
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No fewer than seven people including police officers were shot dead in Osun State on Wednesday evening as armed robbers attacked two banks and a police station.
Sources who witnessed the incident told PREMIUM TIMES that the operations were carried out at a First Bank in Ikire and Access Bank in Apomu around 6:00 p.m.
The robbers who also attacked Ikire Divisional Police headquarters killed four police officers and three residents.
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Osun says efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspected armed robbers that killed four of its officers and three others in an attempted banks robbery in Ikire and Apomu Town on Wednesday. SP Yemisi Opalola, the Command Spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday in Osogbo, that […]
Unknown Gunmen Attack Police Headquarters, 7 Killed
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Unknown gunmen numbering 35 on Wednesday, launched attack on the Divisional Police Headquarters and the Armoured Personnel Carrier pinned down at Ikoyi-Osun, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State, with several explosive devices, killing four police officers and three civilians in the process.
The incident which occurred in the afternoon of the day, claimed the lives of four police officers namely, ASP Osho Oluranti, Inspector Lekan Olalere, and two special constabularies; namely Oladeni Olalekan, and Oyedeji Muyideen while three community members: Toheeb Oyebola, Temilorun Adebiyi and one other whose identity is not yet known, were also shot dead by the attackers.