The sleepy community of Ikirun,
headquarters of Ifelodun local
government area of Osun State,
was yesterday thrown into
pandemonium following killing
of two brothers by policemen at
a checkpoint.
In a reprisal attack, a policeman
was killed while the two police
stations located in the town
were torched.
The DPO for Ikirun police
division, Abiodun Alabi, who was
injured during the attack, was,
at press time, on danger list at
the state General Hospital,
Asubiaro, Osogbo.
Police commissioner, Olusegun
Solomon, confirmed the
incident.
It was gathered that the two
brothers, Lukman Adesina and
Taiwo Adesina, were shot dead
by a police corporal at a
checkpoint along Osogbo road
following their refusal to part
with N20 bribe.
It was gathered that the police
were mounting road block on
Ikirun-Osogbo road when
motorcyclists carrying two other
passengers was waved down
and his refusal to stop made the
policeman to fire the
motorcyclist which killed killed
him instantly and wounded the
two passengers.
It was gathered that the three
men on the motor bike were
children of the same parents.
Those killed by the police were
identified as Likman Adesina
and Taiwo Adesina. Following
the killing, the people around
gathered and attacked the
Motor Traffic Department (MTD)
in Ikirun and the police station.
The mob also killed the police
constable while the station was
razed.
It was gathered that while the
mob attacked the police station,
some of the officers at the
station took to their heels.
Some of them were not all as
lucky as they were wounded by
the mob. The divisional police
officer (DPO), whose name was
given as Abiodun Alabi, was
rushed to the State General
Hospital, Asubiaro where he was
receiving treatment.
The state commissioner of
police confirmed the incident
but said that two people, a
civilian and a police officer, died
in the incident.
He said that though he did not
have the details of the incident,
the policeman shot the
motorcyclist while the mob
killed the police constable in
return.