Earlyface

The Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) in Ijare,
Ifedore council area of Ondo State, Iheme
Wilfred, an assistant superintendent of
police, ASP, has been shot dead by armed
robbers after robbing a bank outside the
state.
The deceased police officer was said to have
led his men to lay an ambush for the
robbers who operated at a commercial bank
in Ikere- Ekiti, Ekiti State, and wanted to
escape through Ijare.
But the fire power of the robbers dwarfed
that of the officer and his men.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the robbers,
on getting to Ijare Road where the
policemen had laid the ambush, sighted
them and opened fire. Sources said that it
was in the process that the top police officer
was killed.
But another source said that the deceased
and his men actually engaged the robbers in
a shot out for about 20 minutes before they
were over powered by the robbers who
brandished sophisticated weapons.
It was gathered that immediately the
policemen who accompanied the deceased
officer noticed that he had died, they fled
into the bush.
Consequently, the men of the underworld
allegedly carted away their arms and
ammunitions.
The robbers who, it was learnt, stole an
unspecified amount of money from the
commercial bank they robbed in Ikere Ekiti
eventually got away through Ijare Road.
Ondo State police authorities confirmed the
death of the DCO. The police image maker in
the state, Wole Ogodo, described the killing
of the ASP as unfortunate.
Ogodo said men of the State Special Anti-
Robbery Squad (SARS) were investigating
the incident.