The headquarters is located at Elejoka-Igangan Road in the state.
The Oyo State police commissioner, CP Adebowale Williams, has confirmed that two persons including a police officer were killed while two others were injured in an attack on the Iganna Divisional Police Headquarters.
The headquarters is located at Elejoka-Igangan Road in the state.
SaharaReporters reported earlier that there was tension in the area after yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Tuesday night attacked the police station, killing the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and a suspect who was detained in the station.
A top police source in the station had told Vanguard that a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), an Inspector and some detained suspects sustained gunshots injuries during the attack.
In an update report on the incident, the police commissioner confirmed that a suspect linked with the crime has been arrested.
The state police public relations officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, who had confirmed the incident, said in a statement, “The Oyo State Police Command under the leadership of CP Adebowale Williams, has promised to make examples of the masterminds of the unfortunate incident that led to the loss of life of an Officer and a male civilian with two others seriously injured on Tuesday, 27/09/2022.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that in compliance to the stop and search directives on unregistered motorcycles and overcrowded pillions to reduce the spate of robberies and abductions in the axis, operatives of the Command attached to Iganna Divisional Police Headquarters while on legitimate duties along Elejoka-Igangan road, Iwajowa LGA, were attacked by hoodlums who were clearly opposed not only to the directive but as well the relative tranquillity in the axis.
“In furtherance of the above, and in a bid to drive home their point, the officers were attacked unprovoked by the assailants thus leading to the death of the Divisional Crime Officer and a civilian in custody in the process of repelling the hoodlums from invading the Divisional Police Headquarters at Iganna after forcing themselves into the town.
“Also, the Divisional Police officer and a Police Inspector sustained several lacerations from machete cuts and are currently being stabilized at a government medical hospital.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command CP Adebowale Williams, has ordered full-scale investigations into the matter with the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department leading the team.
“An arrest has been made. Updates would be provided accordingly, please.”