Two persons sustained gun shot injuries while the Bodija Police Station was set on fire on Friday following a clash between the police and some members of the Hausa community. We learnt that some irate members of the Hausa community were protesting the alleged killing of one of their members by a policeman attached to Bodija Police Station.
The incident started on Thursday night when two members of the Hausa community engaged in a scuffle over a woman.He said one of them was stabbed in the scuffle, adding, “The suspect was said to have ran away while on Thursday morning he was arrested.”
The commissioner of police. Oyo state said some members of the community, who were armed with dangerous weapons and charms, came to the station on Friday morning and insisted that the suspect should be released to them. He said that their request was turned down by the policemen on duty, who suggested that the suspect be left for interrogation.
“It was at point that one of the Hausa men brought out his sword to stab one of the policemen in the hand.
“The second policeman on duty, in self defence, shot and killed one of them.
“This action was said to have drawn the ire of members of the Hausa community in the area as they attacked the policemen and burnt the police station and set some of the shops ablaze,” Commissioner said.
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