SAN FRANCISCO, February 07, (THEWILL) – The Officer-in-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) Saki Unit in Oyo State Police Command, has been killed by men suspected to be herdsmen.
The SARS boss, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) was said to have been macheted to death by the Fulani herdsmen during an operation in a forest on the Saki-Ogbooro Road in Oke-Ogun area of the state.
It was gathered that a combined team of police officers and SARS operatives arrested some suspected Fulani herdsmen on the ground of disturbing public peace a day earlier, but the men were ambushed by another gang of herdsmen during another attempt to arrest two other suspects.
Police Spokesman in the state, Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the incident saying four suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of the officer.
The incident is coming barely two weeks after the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, and other top officers held a stakeholders meeting at the Eleyele Headquarters of the Command in Ibadan to address crises between farmers and herdsmen.
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