How Police, Youths & Vigilante Group Foiled Attempt To Burn Down Iju Police Station

YUSUF MUHAMMED

An attempt by hoodlums to burn down Iju Police Station on 24th October, 2020, was foiled when the youths and members of the vigilante group teamed up with the Nigeria Police and some members of Nigeria Hunters Association.

According to our correspondent, who was around the station, youths numbering over 50 stormed the station with kegs of PMS and other dangerous weapons to set the Police facility ablaze but met stiff opposition from the Police, the youths and members of the Vigilante group, who were later joined by members of the Nigeria Hunters Association led by one Otunba Kehinde Adeosun, the Ifako coordinator of the group.

Speaking with our correspondent, Mr. Ade Kasumu praised the efforts of the youths and the vigilante group for timely response adding that the hoodlums where ready to burn down the station as the shooting by the Police officers did not affect them and they continued to advance towards the Police officers before the arrival of the youths and the vigilante group.

“I really appreciate the good work of our youths and the vigilante group because if they had not come out enmass, the hoodlums would have burnt down Iju Police Station. In fact, Otunba Kehinde Adeosun is a wonderful person, who left Abule Egba to come and join them here.”

The Operations Officer at Area G Police Command, Ogba, CSP Omoh Ematufe, led the team of the Police officers to the rescue mission while officers from Oko-Oba, Ojokoro, Pen Cinema, Special Protection Units were all present to ensure that the station was safe. 

As at the time our correspondent left the station, no fewer than 4 of the invading hoodlums were arrested by the Police.