It’s like Ibidun was in dreamland when news filtered in that her younger sister was among the eight cops and two civilians killed by daredevil robbers in Kogi State on June 4, 2020.
But reality of the situation sorrowfully manifested on Monday when the remains of 40-year-old Remilekun Adesanya were interred at a cemetery in their hometown, Ekinrin-Adde, in the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, amid profound sobs and angst.
In a sober voice worsened by tear-jerking recollections, she said,” I was at my station when I heard the news. This was someone who wasn’t sick but suddenly said to be dead. She was the most active woman in our family. Everybody in the family and town cried when they heard of her death because she was good-natured. She was my immediate younger sister.
The widower has been terribly heartbroken since the incident occurred. He posted about the occurrence on hispage twice on the first and second day after the attack, with friends urging him to take heart and praying to God to cater to the young children Charity left behind. She stated, “The effect of a pill I took the previous night made me fall asleep and then I started hearing of gunshots in what appeared to be a dream. At first, I thought it was fireworks. I rose up in my oblivious state and saw a man approaching my shop. I started shivering because the person wore a mask. He spoke in Pidgin English to me, ordering me to run as fast as I could. I came out of the shop and started walking towards the palace. I could not even run. I just walked briskly away.
The station’s DPO, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tajudeen Adegbola, was also killed by the robbers. However, two officers were said to have escaped the brutal attack: the Area Commander, Assistant Commissioner, Thomas Okoye, who escaped through the back door into the bush and Inspector Ola Lewu, who alighted from the patrol van to buy food for himself and colleagues shortly before the patrol van entered the station. He was said to have fled on hearing the gunshots.
One of our correspondents who visited the town on Monday observed that though normalcy was gradually retuning to the town, residents had yet to put the incident behind them. However, activities have returned to the police station located opposite the GYB Multi-Purpose Hall. None of the officers met on duty was ready to speak with our correspondent.observed on Tuesday that the Isanlu branch of the attacked commercial bank located opposite the Oba Market is currently under lock and key.
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