One cop killed as gunmen open fire on police patrol in Ikorodu

One cop has been killed in an encounter between the police and unknown gunmen in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Three persons were also injured during the incident in which the assailants escaped with the rifle of the slain policeman.

Police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed to journalists that the three injured persons were also police operatives.

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Operatives of the Imota Police Division in the Ikorodu area were said to be on patrol duty when they came under the assailants’ attack at Emuren Junction, on Itokin Road in the area.

Local sources said the assailants, suspected errand boys of land grabbers, ambushed the police patrol team, opened fire on it, killed one on the spot and escaped with his rifle.

“On Saturday, police raided cultists’ hideouts in Emuren, Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun,” a resident said.

Many innocent people had fallen victim to gun attacks by agents of land grabbers in Ikorodu and its environs in the past.

One cop has been killed in an encounter between the police and unknown gunmen in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.