A
policeman with the Special Anti Robbery Squad Ikeja, Corporal Sunday Fafoluyi,
was killed on Thursday in a shootout with armed robbers at Ifo, Ogun state.
Fafoluyi,
in company with other members of his unit, had left Lagos for Ifo, to arrest a
suspected armed robber, Morufu Aleba, at his home in Ifo. Aleba was said to
have been given away by some members of his gang, who were arrested in the
Alagbado area
It
was gathered that Aleba was with two suspected robbers at his home, who joined
him in engaging the police in the shootout.
A
source said, “The incident happened about 4am on Thursday. Somehow, Aleba
noticed that his home had been cordoned off by the SARS. The robbers opened
fire on the team. In the process, Fafoluyi was fatally wounded; he later died
from his wounds.”
Aleba
was also said to have died from fatal wounds sustained in the shootout while
his companions scaled the fence of his house to safety.
Fafoluyi
was a recipient of the 2011 Lagos State Governor’s Gallantry award and the IGP
commendation award for courage.
The
Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, said she did not have
the detail of the incident.
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