Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have killed two bandits in a fierce gun battle at Saala-Orile forest, where the bandits were reportedly attacking some Fulani herders, POLITICS NIGERIA reports.
Also, an Inspector of police, Omolayo Olajide, lost his life during the gun duel.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Ogun state, Abimbola Oyeyemi told newsmen on Wednesday that, upon the distress call on Tuesday, the DPO Ayetoro police division, CSP Bernard Ediogboyan, led his men and operatives of the Joint Security Intervention Squad (JSIS) to the scene.
He noted that, at the end of the encounter which lasted for about twenty minutes, two among the bandits were shot dead while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.
He listed items recovered from the bandits as; three locally made guns, sixteen live cartridges, assorted criminal charms, one cutlass, one small phone, and one unregistered Bajaj motorcycle.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, condole with the family of the late inspector and assured them that his death will not be in vain.
