Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who divulged this in a declaration stated that cops attached to Ayetoro Division acted quickly to a distress call that a group of bandits were attacking herders in the forest on Tuesday, January 25.

The DPO of Ayetoro, CSP Bernard Ediogboyan, was said to have actually led men and operatives of the Joint Security Intervention squad (JSIS) to the scene.The bandits were reported to have actually opened fire on spotting the security group, while the cops equally returned fire.”On spotting the police officers, the

outlaws opened fire on them and the police officers responded’fire-for-fire'”Oyeyemi specified.” At the end of the encounter which lasted for about 20 minutes, 2 amongst the bandits were shot dead while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.” Regrettably, an inspector of cops, by name Omolayo Olajide, lost his life during the weapon duel.”the PPRO included. Items recovered from the outlaws included 3 locally

made weapons; sixteen live cartridges; assorted criminal beauties; one cutlass; one little phone and one unregistered Bajaj motorcycle.The State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, revealed unhappiness over the death of the police officer while on main duty.Bankole directed that leaving members of the gang need to be searched for and gave justice.He guaranteed the household of the departed Police Officer that his labour would not fail ToriNG