The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a betting agent merely recognized as Anuoluwapo, allegedly by a police officer suspected to be drunk in Abeokuta, the state capital.

Based on studies, the deceased who was graduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, was about leaving his betting store after the shut of enterprise when he was allegedly gunned down by the officer. Eyewitnesses alleged that some officers who emerged from the resort have been drunk earlier than one in every of them allegedly launched the bullet that killed the younger man.

One other eyewitness claimed that the officers have been on a raid or chasing a suspect when one in every of them allegedly  killed Anuoluwapo, popularly known as Pepe, by accident. It was additional gathered that the officers instantly escaped into the resort and known as for reinforcement to permit them to flee from the scene of the incident.

Reacting to the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, stated that the police commissioner within the state Abiodun Alamutu has made contact with all stakeholders to begin an investigation.

“We’ve got the knowledge that one Aanu was a sufferer. It isn’t straightforward to say precisely what occurred however the Commissioner of Police is in contact with the stakeholders. He has known as everyone concerned in order that we will begin investigating,” Odutola stated.