A 400-level student of Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Victor Olabisi Oluwatimilehin, has been arrested and detained for attempting to kill a policeman.
The student was arrested on the 1st of June 2022 by men of Ogun State police command for allegedly making an attempt to kill a policeman on duty along Ijebu Ode, Ibadan road.
A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the Ogun state police command, says the suspect was seen driving an artificially-tinted Toyota Camry car with registration number LND 929 GX, loaded with some house properties towards Ibadan, Oyo State and was flagged down for checking since the occupants were not visible from outside.
”Instead of the driver to stop, he accelerated and intentionally knocked down one Inspector Idowu Moses attached to PMF 71 Awa Ijebu consequent upon which the said inspector sustained a serious injury and passed out momentarily.
“Having knocked down the policeman, the driver continued his journey towards Ibadan road believing that the policeman was dead. The seriously injured policeman was rescued by his other colleagues. He was taken to the hospital for treatment while others started tracing the suspect toward Ibadan road. He was eventually arrested at a village close to Ibadan and brought down to Ijebu Ode area command,” the statement read in part.
Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, had ordered that the suspect be charged to court as soon as possible. He also warned that attacking his men while on duty will not be tolerated.
