Gunmen kill police officer escorting election results in Ogun

A Police Corporal identified as Sunday Idoko was last night at about 8pm, shot dead by unknown gunmen while escorting election result from Ipokia to Ilaro collation centre.

According to reports, the hoodlums laid an ambush at Eredo area in Yewa South Local Government and shot at the vehicle conveying the election results. Sadly, one of the bullets hit Idoko who died before he could be rushed to the hospital.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.

''The unfortunate incident happened on Sunday evening when he was escorting election results to Ilaro. The hoodlums laid ambush on the vehicle conveying the results. We are on the trail of the hoodlums and we are going to arrest them,” he said