Police sources have revealed why gunmen attacked the Okuta Elerinla police station in Ondo in the early hours of Monday.
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported how the hoodlums stormed the police station in a midnight raid, shooting sporadically at the officers in a gun duel and killing one.
The attack happened barely a month that terrorists invaded the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, at Owa-luwa in Owo, killing over forty persons and injuring dozens of worshippers.
According to The Gazette, a police source who craved anonymity, said that the attackers during the raid, tried to force their way into the armoury session of the station.
He said that the gunmen stormed the station around 1:00 a.m. and were able to scale the perimeter fence unnoticed because everyone was asleep and “There was no electricity.”
The source said that the officers on duty managed to engage them in a gun battle.
“I know that their mission was to cart away the firearms in the armoury of the station because there are no high-profile offenders in the cell.
“The detainees in the cells are mostly females who committed minor offences and are awaiting prosecution; they were moved to safety,” he added.
The police have identified the officer killed by the armed men as Inspector Temenu Boluwaji.
The state police spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami, in a statement said the slain officer died on his way to the hospital.
The Commissioner of Police in the State, Oyediran Oyeyemi, has ordered an investigation into the attack.