A few hours ago, a police inspector known as Temenu Boluwaji has being killed by unidentified gunmen, he was killed by a group of gunmen during an attack by the gunmen in the police division known as Okuta Elerinla in Akure which is the state capital of Ondo state in Nigeria. The incident happened a few hours today Monday, July 25, 2022.
Daily Trust reported that SP Odunlami Funmilayo who is the police public relations officer in the state of Ondo where the incident happened has confirmed the attack that led to the killing of Inspector Temenu Boluwaji by a group of unidentified gunmen. He also stated that the level at which gunmen are now having the effrontery in Nigeria to attack a police division is now getting out of hand.
He pointed out the incident that happened weeks ago on how terrorist groups break and released some prisoners in the Kuje prison of Abuja the capital territory of Nigeria. The police public relations officer also stated that the attackers must be investigated and brought to justice through the effort of the Commissioner of police order in the state.
Vanguard reported that what led to the killing of Inspector Temenu Boluwaji by the group of gunmen who attacked the Okuta Elerinla police division in Akure was as a result of strong resistant from the diseased inspector and some other policemen by not allowing the gunmen to have access to enter the police station. The report has it that in the process of strong shooting by the diseased inspector and other policemen on duty with the unidentified gunmen, a bullet from the gunmen hit the inspector on the chest.
Following the Vanguard report, a few minutes after the gunmen left the incident, it was discovered that a strange bullet hit the diseased inspector. He was rushed to the nearby hospital but couldn’t make it back to life as the medical doctor on duty in the hospital confirmed him dead.
Oyeyemi Adesoye Oyediran who is the police commissioner of Ondo state where the incident happened has stated that it’s an insult to the police and the entire Nigerian security to be allowing groups of unidentified gunmen to be attacking them. In an angry message from the commissioner of police, he instructed the state criminal investigation department to take up the case and report to the police on good results where about the unidentified gunmen who killed Inspector Temenu Boluwaji with immediate effect.
The state police commissioner and the police public relation officer has encouraged people living close to the police division where the incident happened not to panic about the environment because the police department in the state is already on duty to seek protection. He also informed the general public in the state that the police will do their best to make sure that peace and unity are restored in a state where people can move comfortably without fear.
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Filing this report from a Twitter account, many people within and outside the state has reacted to the killing of Inspector Temenu Boluwaji by the group of unidentified gunmen who wanted to invade the police division of Okuta Elerinla in Akure, stating that insecurity within and outside the state need to be addressed by security operatives in Nigeria while some are angry with the government through their comments on following the incident.
Sources:
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-inspector-gunned-down-inside-ondo-police-station
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/gunmen-attack-ondo-police-station-kill-police-inspector/