Oyo: Gunmen kill female Man O’War officer in highway ambush

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a Man O’War officer, Dasola Sanusi, following an ambush on commuters along the Ibadan–Ago-Iwoye Expressway, a road connecting Ogun and Oyo states.

PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday from a source privy to the incident that the attack happened at about 6:30 pm on Saturday when the officers were returning from an outing.

The source, who pleaded anonymity because of the nature of the incident, disclosed that the officers came under heavy gunfire shortly after passing the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria area, as armed men reportedly opened fire indiscriminately on vehicles plying the route.

The source noted that despite the attack, the officers were able to escape from the scene, although some of them sustained gunshot wounds in the process. Punch