•Two officers on obligation injured
• 14 suspects arrested
A mob yesterday attacked the Ala Divisional Police Headquarters in Akure North Native Authorities Space of Ondo State following the alleged homicide of a farmer, Rasheed Hassan.
The assault left two police officers injured, whereas 14 suspects had been arrested in reference to the violence.
Hassan was reportedly murdered at Common Camp in the Authorities Reserved Space (GRA) final Saturday. His loss of life was reported to the police.
In a press release, the spokesman for the state Police Command, Jimoh Abayomi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), mentioned safety businesses visited the scene and recovered the deceased’s physique.
Abayomi defined that the physique had deep cuts on the top and different elements of the physique.
“His belongings had been additionally reportedly lacking,” he added.
Abayomi defined that investigations began instantly to apprehend the killers.
“In reference to the incident, the Ala Youth President, recognized as Ayodele Fabunmi, reportedly arrested two suspects on October 26, 2026. Whereas conveying the suspects to the police station for motion, he was confronted by a mob demanding that the suspects be handed over for extra-judicial killing.
“He subsequently sought refuge on the Ala Divisional Police Headquarters with the suspects. Nonetheless, the mob pursued them and launched an assault on the police facility.
“The mob grew to become more and more violent, throwing stones and different harmful objects on the station whereas resisting efforts by police rescue groups to achieve entry to the world,” the police spokesperson mentioned.
He continued: “In response to the escalating violence, tactical and different rescue groups had been deployed to revive order and defend lives. About 0145 hours on October 27, 2026, police operatives rescued the 2 suspects from the mob.’’
“Nonetheless, the patrol crew conveying the suspects again to Akure got here underneath assault. Throughout the incident, two police officers sustained gunshot accidents from pellets allegedly fired from a youth pump-action firearm.”
He famous that the injured officers had been rushed to a close-by hospital for medical consideration.
“Following the assault, operatives of the command arrested 14 suspects in reference to the assault on police officers and the assault on the police facility and rescue crew.
“Investigations are ongoing to ascertain the person roles of these arrested and be sure that anybody discovered culpable faces the complete weight of the legislation.”
He, nevertheless, revealed that the command had maintained tactical deployment in the world to forestall additional breakdown of legislation and order, including that normalcy had returned to the group whereas safety monitoring continued.
The Commissioner of Police, Felix Ohagwu, has condemned the assault on the police facility and officers, describing mob motion and makes an attempt to hinder lawful police operations as unacceptable.
Ohagwu mentioned no particular person or group had the precise to take the legislation into their palms, regardless of the gravity of an alleged crime.
He warned that the command wouldn’t tolerate attacks on police services, assaults on officers or any try and undermine lawful police operations.
The police boss assured residents that the circumstances surrounding Hassan’s loss of life and violence that adopted had been being investigated.
Ohagwu urged the general public to stay calm, cooperate with safety businesses and supply credible data that might help the investigation.
He appealed to group leaders and youth teams to discourage mob motion and encourage residents to permit the prison justice system to take its course.
