The Oyo State Police Command has announced that it has initiated an immediate investigation into a fatal shooting incident that occurred in the Bodija area of Ibadan in the early hours of Sunday morning.
According to the police, preliminary findings reveal that an unidentified man was chased and shot dead a few blocks away from the popular Cocobean Lounge at Bodija, Ibadan. The police also stated that the murder appears to be cult-related.
CSP Osifeso Adewale, the spokesperson for the state police command, in a statement on Sunday, said the police quickly moved to the scene to maintain law and order and prevent further pandemonium.
Adewale addressed claims circulating on social media that the police accidentally shot and killed an onlooker (student) while attempting to disperse the crowd.
“Emphatically, there were no killings by the Police nor recorded death of any Student before, during and after the lawful dispersal of onlookers from the scene of crime,” Osifeso said.
“In furtherance of the above, the case has since been referred to the Homicidal section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Iyaganku with a Deputy Commissioner of Police leading the investigation as directed by the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Sonubi Ayodele, psc.
“Meanwhile, normalcy has since returned to the area with adequate deployment of operational and intelligence Command assets to prevent a hijack of the scene by hoodlums.”