Just In: Gunmen Attack Police Station, Kill Officer In Ondo

A police officer has been killed in Ondo State following an attack on Okuta Elerinla Police Division by unknown gunmen.

JomogNews reports that the gunmen stormed the station and caught the officers on duty unaware in Monday around 1:00 am.

The mission of the gunmen is yet to be ascertained as the details about the incident were still sketchy at the time of filing this report.

But it was gathered that one of the policemen identified as Boluwaji Temenu, with registration number AP. 207538 was shot dead by the bandits.

Confirming the attack, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, SP Funmilayo Odunlami disclosed that officers at the station were able to repel the attack.

Odunlami added that the Commissioner of Police, Oyeyemi Oyediran had ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, to immediately take over the case.