NEWS

Masayi Unrest: Abiodun intervenes in JTF-Residents face-off

&NewLine;<p>The Ogun State Governor&comma; Prince Dapo Abiodun&comma; has called for restraint in the use of lethal arms by law enforcement officers in the State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Governor said he has&NewLine;had to intervene in the unrest that erupted in Imasayi in the Yewa North LGA of&NewLine;the State&comma; when a joint task force&comma; comprising of the Military&comma; Police&comma;&NewLine;Customs&comma; Immigration and the DSS had a face off with the youths of the Community&NewLine;which resulted in untimely death of an officer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Abiodun said he has been&NewLine;in contact with relevant authorities in the Army and the Nigeria Customs&NewLine;Service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A statement issued by the&NewLine;Chief Press Secretary to the Governor&comma; &nbsp&semi;Kunle Somorin&comma; added that talks&NewLine;are ongoing towards apprehending the suspects who allegedly killed a uniformed&NewLine;officer in the melee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A manhunt&comma; the statement&NewLine;said&comma; has therefore been launched on the suspect who also made away with the&NewLine;slain officer&&num;8217&semi;s weapon&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Already&comma; the manhunt as at&NewLine;this morning &lpar;Sunday&rpar;&comma; the statement disclosed&comma; has yielded result with the&NewLine;recovery of the said stolen rifle&comma; but the search to identify and arrest the&NewLine;culprits continues under the strict directive of the Governor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Fortunately&comma; he added&comma;&NewLine;suspects already arrested in connection with this criminal act are giving&NewLine;useful information that would lead to the arrest of the main suspect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Governor Abiodun urged law&NewLine;enforcement agents to exercise restraint and be humane in carrying out their&NewLine;duties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He&comma; however&comma; warned that&NewLine;the Ogun State Government will not condone assault on any serving officer of&NewLine;the Military&comma; Nigeria Police and the Paramilitary who daily sacrifice their&NewLine;private lives to serve the public&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He commiserates with&NewLine;families of the slain officer and promised that no stone would be left unturned&NewLine;to unearth the circumstance of the crisis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Governor also called&NewLine;on law-abiding residents of the Community to go about their usual activities&comma;&NewLine;as peace has since returned to the axis with the presence of Riot Police and&NewLine;officers of the Nigerian Army&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Investigation will&NewLine;continue until the murder suspect and other culpable persons are apprehended<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Openlife Reporter

Recent Posts

Power City Pastor In Trouble Over Alleged Million-Naira Contract Fraud In NDDC

Power City Pastor In Trouble Over Alleged Million-Naira Contract Fraud In NDDC OpenLife Nigeria reports…

9 hours ago

Iyabo Ojo Clears Her Name Amid Fan Motun’s Fundraising Scam

Iyabo Ojo Clears Her Name Amid Fan Motun’s Fundraising Scam   OpenLife reports that Nollywood…

12 hours ago

Debt Dispute Resolved: Borrower Pays ₦18M And Expresses Remorse – VeryDarkMan On Controversial Loan Settlement

Debt Dispute Resolved: Borrower Pays ₦18M And Expresses Remorse – VeryDarkMan On Controversial Loan Settlement…

12 hours ago

Fuji Singer Shanko Rasheed’s Estranged Wife Wins Custody Battle

Fuji Singer Shanko Rasheed’s Estranged Wife Wins Custody Battle OpenLife reports that in a heartening…

12 hours ago

Asake Opens Up About Leaving Home at 15 To Chase His Musical Dream

Asake Opens Up About Leaving Home at 15 To Chase His Musical Dream   OpenLife…

12 hours ago

King Charles III Remarks About  Nigerian Jollof Rice

King Charles III Remarks About  Nigerian Jollof Rice     OpenLife reports that at a…

12 hours ago

This website uses cookies.