Bloodbath At Ibadan APC Rally • Thugs kill police inspector, shoot DPO, DTO, others • Party blames opposition for mayhem THE peaceful atmosphere in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, was shattered on Friday as hoodlums believed to be political thugs unleashed mayhem on the city and proceeded to engage the police in a shootout. In the ensuing melee, an Inspector of Police was shot dead with many others, including an acting Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) and a Divisional Traffic Officer (DTO), receiving gunshot wounds. They are currently in critical conditions while the police last night declared that it had drawn the battle line with politicians and their thugs. There were conflicting reports on the cause of the mayhem but a Police source informed Saturday Tribune that hoodlums, who attended a final day ‘Meet the People Tour’ undertaken by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, held at Oke Ado office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governor in the heart of Ibadan, stirred the uprising. “Policemen from Iyaganku division were called to maintain peace and orderliness at the rally and on sensing a brewing crisis between a man dressed in APC uniform and a commercial motorcyclist, our men moved to know what was happening,” said the source. ‘The cyclist said he was asked by the man to take him to a destination but he refused because he was not interested in carrying any passenger dressed in political party’s uniform. “At that point, we reasoned with the cyclist and advised the man to wait for another rider who might not mind carrying him even in his party’s vest.’’ The source explained further that the man insisted that the cyclist must carry him and as the exchanges hot up, a gang came around to further disturb the peace and one of them punched a policeman in the face. At this point, the source said, the policemen arrested a couple of the thugs and called the acting Divisional Police Officer in Iyaganku who advised that the situation be brought under control pendin
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 09:11:18 +0000
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