Fresh fact has emerged about the attack on Owutu
Police Station, Ikorodu, Lagos State on Monday, where two policemen and
motorcyclist were killed and several others injured.
A source revealed that aside from the two policemen
who were killed by the rampaging oil thieves on Monday around 11pm, two members of the Nigerian Security
and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) were shot and are now fighting to
stay alive in an undisclosed hospital. The source added that two other NSCDC officers
were still being held hostage by the gunmen.
It
will be recalled that on Monday,
gunmen stormed Owutu Police Station and opened fire.
They killed two policemen, including
a commercial motorbike rider. They also injured several people, raided the
station’s armoury and freed detainees.
They carted away four AK47 rifles.
Trouble started after members of NSCDC got information that oil thieves were
operating at Abule-Tapa Village, Ikorodu. The NSCDS arrested one of the
vandals. When other vandals went to intercept the officers to free their
partner, they found the site empty. Apparently angry, they vented their anger
on the police station, which was along their route.
More facts
suggest that some NSCDC were also attacked that night. Two
were shot and another two are being held hostage.
An NSCDC said: “The fight between us and the vandals
started at midnight on that fateful Monday. Two of men were shot. They are now
in hospital. Several of our men were injured. Two of our men are missing. We
believe that they are being held hostage. We pray that they are still alive. We
however killed more of the vandals. We did not get any alive. We’re already
tracking the vandals. We’ll get them!”
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