A 30 years old woman, Busayo Owoodun, was killed on Saturday in Lagos by a stray bullet during an attack on the operatives of the anti-kidnapping team of the Lagos State Police command by a suspected gang of kidnappers.
Also, one ASP and two police officers are lying critically ill in hospital after the encounter.
Already, the Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, has ordered an indepth investigation into the case.
The spokesman of the Lagos Police Command, DSP Bala Elkana, who disclosed the information in a statement made available to FrontPage, said a manhunt had been embarked upon for the suspected kidnappers said to have unleashed terror.
The statement reads in full:
On 10th August, 2019 at about 1455hours, a team of Policemen from the Anti kidnapping Unit attached to Area M Command, Idimu tracked some kidnapping suspects to Ijegun-Isolo Road, Ijegun Bus Stop, but came under attack by members of the deadly gang.
A stray bullet hit one Busayo Owoodun ‘f’.
The gang with the support of some notorious cultists in the area, attacked the Police team and injured the team leader, ASP Victor Ugbegun, and two others who are currently in critical condition at the intensive care unit.
Reinforcements from Operations Department, Rapid Response Squads, Task Force, and neighboring Divisions were able to contain the situation and evacuate the injured officers to hospital.
The command has launched a manhunt of the assailants with a view of bringing them to justice.
The corpse of the victim of the stray bullet was taken to hospital for autopsy.
The Commissioner of Police has ordered an indepth investigation into the case.
While condoling the family of the deceased person, the command called for calm and assured her family and friends that justice would prevail.
