Armed robbers today, reportedly killed a Senior Police Officer, identified as Iheme Wilfred, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government area of Ondo state.
A source said the deceased who was the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) in Ijare Police Division as well as other officers were on an official duty when the bandits carried out the dastardly act.
It explained that the robbers who carried out the operation at Ikere-Ekiti last Thursday evening were trying to escape through Ondo state.
On meeting the security men at the Ijare-Ikere road, they opened fire on the leaders of the team; the Senior Police Officer was consequently killed, while other members of the team were said to have fled into the bush, giving the men of the underworld the opportunity to confiscate their weapons .
It was reported that the robbers had earlier attacked a commercial bank in Ikere-Ekiti on that fateful day and carted away, unspecified amount of money.
Similarly, Police sources said the deceased got information that the robbers who operated in Ekiti state were heading towards Ijare in Ondo state which is a border town of the two states.
He consequently ordered his men to lay ambush on them, but unfortunately got fired as the robbers first sighted him.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Wole Ogodo, who confirmed the incident said men of the State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have commenced a search for the bandits and expressed confidence that, very soon, they would be apprehended.
He said” It happened on Thursday night the officer and his men were on duty when the robbers struck and killed him, we have commenced investigation on it and I am sure the robbers would soon be arrested.
Ogodo said the remains of the late Senior Police Officer had been deposited in a mortuary at the State Hospital, Akure .
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