Gunmen have shot dead an operative of the Ogun State Government-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps, ASC Jimi Ogunjimi.
Ogunjimi was reportedly killed in the Areke area of Sagamu, where he and his colleagues had visited for a security surveillance.
The spokesman for the So-Safe Corps, Moruf Yusuf, confirmed the incident on Wednesday, saying Ogunjimi was shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday at Areke, where he and five others were deployed to curb the heinous activities of some gunmen terrorizing the highways in the Remo area of the state.
He said, “The Corps gallant officers visited Areke Community in Sagamu because one of these gunmen’s hideouts is located in the community, which happens to be a hotel.
“A few minutes after the officers got to the community at about 0130hrs, a white Hilux pick-up with no registration number was sighted. Immediately it approached the officers, it was asked to stop, but it zoomed off.
“The team leader, ASC Ogunjimi, together with Kazeem Akodu Elewedu, trailed the vehicle, but the driver and his gang felt the officers may want to foil their operation and they turned back in front of Walex Hotel, Areke to open fire on our men.
“The officers were heavily sprayed with bullets from the Hilux vehicle. Bullets from the gunshots left officer Jimi Ogunjimi dead and the gunmen escaped in their Hillux. Effort is ongoing to identify the gunmen.”
