Ogbomoso Shooting: Police arrest, detain officers

The Oyo State Police Command said it has arrested and detained some officers involved in the Monday shooting of an ex-student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, and killing of one Damilola Iyanda, at a club in Ogbomoso.

The command gave the explanation in a statement made available to New Telegraph yesterday by its Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso.

Iyanda was allegedly killed by a policeman identified as Inspector Rasheed Saheed. Two others were also injured during the incident.

Osifeso in the statement said, “Saheed and other officers involved in the shooting have been detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan.”

He added that the Commissioner of Police has ordered that the case be taken up by the Homicide Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department with the Deputy Commissioner of Police directly in charge of investigations

The statement read: “The Oyo State Police Command wishes to clear the air about the unfortunate shooting incident that occurred on Monday 22/4/2024 at about 0130hrs around a popular Night Club along, “Under G” Area, Owode-Ogbomoso, resulting in the demise of Iyanda Damilola, ‘m’.

“Investigation report reveals that during the early hours of the same date and time, a distress call was received by Operatives of the Command’s Monitoring Unit stationed within Ogbomoso through the Director of a popular Night Club within the axis, requesting for immediate intervention and protection from rampaging suspected student cultists who were at the time harassing guests and destroying club property.

“In a swift response to the call by the Club Director, a team of officers led by one Insp Rasheed Saheed arrived at the scene. The fracas worsened as deliberate efforts were made by the suspected cultists to prevent the police from further gaining access into the crime scene, while shots were allegedly fired from different angles including from the intervening officers who fired warning shots to disperse onlookers.

“The incident recorded the death of one Iyanda Damilola, ‘m’, and the injury of his brother, one Iyanda Femi Israel, who has since been discharged from the hospital after treatment. Worthy of note is that the CP has ordered that the case be taken up by the Homicide Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department with the Deputy Commissioner of Police directly in charge of the investigations.

“All the Operatives involved in the incident including Insp. Rasheed Saheed are currently under detention at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku. Lastly, the Oyo State Police Command assures statement read.

Meanwhile, the management of LAUTECH has issued a statement clarifying that, Iyanda Femi Israel, one of the victims of the shoot-out is an ex-student of the school who graduated from the Department of Management and Accounting, and sustained a gun shut injury during the incident.