Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Yahoo boys allegedly used ‘Juju’ to send back bullet back to police in Moniya, Ibadan. (Read More Here).
Information reads: “The moniya stuff is funny if true, rumor has it that the officer aimed to shoot at a boy but with otumopo, tidijo boom and the officer down … Mysterious.” (Read More Here).
One policeman attached to the Moniya Divisional Police Headquarters, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, lost his life on Tuesday when some hoodlums clashed with policemen, who were said to have been pursuing some suspected Internet fraudster, also known as ‘yahoo-yahoo boys’ at Moniya, the town hosting the secretariat of Akinyele Local Government in the state.
But the accounts of the incident obtained from residents of Moniya and the one released by the police varied to certain extent in contents.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters, noted that the body of the deceased had since been deposited at the State Morgue for post-mortem.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer for the state, Adewale Osifeso, a Superintendent of Police (SP), in a statement he issued on Tuesday confirmed the death of the policeman, the arrest of seven persons, and seizure of 12 motorcycles in connection with the incident.
He added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Williams Adebowale, has ordered a discreet investigation into the arrest, beating and detention of a journalist, working with Silverbird Television, John Alabi. He was released in the evening, following the intervention by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, under the chairmanship of Chief Ademola Babalola. But Alabi said he was arrested by policemen while capturing the incident, adding that he was with his identity card and Silverbird microphone. Lines of dried blood were seen around his right eye after he was released and he has been taken to the hospital for medical attention.
It was learnt that an operative attached to Moniya Area Command under the state police command was killed during a clash that erupted between the security operatives and some suspected internet fraudsters, also known as ‘Yahoo Boys’.
Osifeso affirmed that seven persons have been arrested and that 12 motorcycles have been impounded in connection with the incident.
He said, “Today, being Tuesday 25/04/2023 at about 1015hrs, Operatives attached to Moniya Area Command under the Oyo State Police Command while on lawful intelligence led Stop and Search around a Major Black-spot were attacked in the line of duty.
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