Unknown gunmen on Saturday invaded Aqua Triton Company in Ogunmakin, near Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, abducting an expatriate and killing a police officer attached to him.
Spokesman of the Oyo State Police Command and a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, confirmed this.
In a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan on Saturday, Olayinka said the police officer was killed while repelling the attack, adding that some of the abductors sustained gunshot injuries.
He said: “There was an attack at Aqua Triton Company in Ogunmakin, near Ibadan, where unidentified gunmen stormed the facility in a commando-style operation.
“One police officer tragically died while repelling the attack, injuring some assailants, and the Chinese expatriate principal was abducted.”
Olayinka said the command’s Commissioner, CP Femi Haruna, ordered the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Operations to lead anti-kidnapping and tactical teams to the scene.
According to him, bush-combing operations are ongoing, while investigations continue to rescue the victim and arrest those responsible.
