Suspected terrorists have reportedly killed a police officer and kidnapped a Chinese man during an attack on a quarry site in Shao town, in Moro local government area of Kwara State.
According to reports, the terrorists burnt the car allegedly used for the operation before fleeing. A police officer injured in the attack is said to be receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital.
The Spokesman for the State’s Police Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the incident, said “the Command is working round the clock to get the victim rescued and perpetrators apprehended”. “Meanwhile, the Command is in a mourning mood over the killing of one of our operatives,” he added. Ajayi further said that the State Police Commissioner, Tuesday Assayomo, has set up a special investigation team to investigate the matter. “The people of Kwara State would be briefed accordingly of our progress please,” he said.
Recall that in June, two passengers travelling in a coastal bus were killed by suspected terrorists along Obbo-Aiyegunle-Osi Road in the Ekiti Local Government Area of the State.
The terrorists also reportedly kidnapped at least 10 other passengers on the bus, whose vehicle registration number was ‘XC167MUN’. It was gathered that one of those killed by the gunmen was the driver, simply identified as Akeem.
According to the Police Spokesman, “On receipt of the information by the Police in Obbo Aiyegunle, policemen, vigilantes, local hunters and available members of sister agencies on the ground immediately raced to the scene in an effort to get the victims rescued”.
