Police inspector dies as bandits engage officers in shootout

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Police said two of the bandits were shot dead while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.

A police inspector, Omolayo Olajide, and two other gunmen were killed Tuesday during a gun battle between the police and a group of ‘bandits’.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesperson in Ogun State, said upon receiving a distress call, the Divisional Police Officer of Ayetoro, Bernard Ediogboyan, immediately led officers and operatives of a Joint Security Intervention Squad to the scene where the gunmen were operating. “At the end of the encounter which lasted for about 20 minutes, two amongst the bandits were shot dead while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.“Regrettably, an inspector of police, by name Omolayo Olajide, lost his life during the gun duel.”

 

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