A young bricklayer identified as Sunday Ojo has been allegedly murdered by mobile policemen who stormed the site he was working on and opened fire on him and his colleague identified only as Kazeem.
The incident happened at Otere-Apano community, Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Ojo died on the spot while Kazeem escaped with bullet wounds while Ojo’s body was subsequently dragged into the bush and abandoned there.
The Baale of the community, Ismaila Fatoye, while speaking to Punch said, community boys apprehended two policemen trying to hide Ojo’s body while the others ran away.
He noted that the incident was reported at the Mowe Police Station.
Fatoye said, “We were in the community when we suddenly heard gunshots. At a junction leading into the community, two people, Kazeem and Ojo, were sand-filling a site, so we ran in that direction.
“When we got there, Kazeem and Ojo were nowhere to be found. We started calling their names, but only Kazeem responded. He came out from where he was hiding and when we saw him, he said we should not allow the policemen to escape as they had shot Ojo.
“We saw bloodstains on the ground and when we trailed the blood, we found where they dumped Ojo’s corpse. At the same time, people in the community chased the four armed policemen, but two of them escaped, while the remaining two ran into the bush.
“I quickly went to the Mowe Police Station to report and policemen from the station, alongside our youth leader, were able to locate and arrest the armed policemen inside the bush.”
Fatoye accused policemen guarding a neighbouring estate, which shared a boundary with the community, of perpetrating the crime.
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