Assistant Superintendent of Police, Supol Funminiyi and Inspector Haruna were yesterday killed by suspected armed robbers who went away with their rifles.
Reports say that the two officers attached to New Oko-Oba Police Division were on patrol with two other police officers when they ran into three vehicles conveying the suspected robbers who allegedly used the cars for their robbery operation at about 2am at Paying Junction near Olaniyi Street, New Oko Oba, Agege, Lagos.
The policemen who mistook the robbers’ vehicles to be Area G Police Division Patrol van parked to give way for the van to move but instead the robbers shot sporadically at them. ASP Funminiyi while trying to escape was shot first in the legs and later shot all over his body. Inspector Haruna made frantic efforts to reach their office through his mobile phone to seek reinforcement, but could not succeed as he was also shot severally. They both died on the spot.
A corporal and a sergeant who were also in the van however escaped.
