Suspected hoodlums, on Thursday, invaded Mapo Police station in Ibadan, and attacked some Policemen who had earlier arrested two suspects.
The Commissioner of Police, in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the hoodlums, after attacking the policemen in Ibadan, also freed two suspects.
It was reported that some hoodlums have been terrorising innocent citizens around Idi Arere, Popoyemoja, Born photo, Molete, Beere, Shogoye, Akobi and other areas within the Ibadan metropolis.
Recently, a 60-year old plantain seller was killed during a clash between two rival cult groups in one of the areas.
The State Police Command on Thursday announced that police officers from Mapo Division succeeded in arresting two suspects in connection with the series of public disturbances in most of the areas.
Unfortunately, police said the suspects were set free by some hoodlums who attacked the policemen, arresting the suspects
Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, said one suspected hoodlum, identified as Packaging, led some thugs numbering about 30 to attack and mob the Police team and forcefully took the two suspects.
Onadeko used the medium to appeal to parents and guardians in the two areas to warn their wards to desist from acts capable of causing the breakdown of law and order.
She added that massive deployment of Police personnel and that of Sister Security Agencies had been put in place to forestall further crises.
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