Men of the Ogun State police command have on Saturday arrested three men for allegedly making an attempt to kill a police sergeant, Sunday Akinpelu.
Akinpelu was attacked while carrying out his duty at Orile Imo area of Obafemi Owode Local Government, Ogun State.
Following the report of an accident at Orile Imo, the Sergeant, who was attached to the traffic section of the Owode Egba division was detailed to rescue the victims and recover the vehicles involved to the station. Oyeyemi said this was done in order to prevent them from moving one of the vehicles involved in the road crash to the station.
When the Divisional Police Officer of Owode Egba division, CSP Olasunkanmi Popoola, was briefed about the attack, he had led his men to the scene “where he met the suspects who had already poured petrol on the towing vehicle and about setting it ablaze, after removing a cash sum of N520,000, belonging to the tow vehicle’s driver.”
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