Police Arrest Suspected Hoodlums Over Attack On Fire Fighters In Oyo

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested some suspected hoodlums over alleged attack on officials of the State Fire Service in Saki local government area of the State.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Fire Reforms, Dr Akinwande Moroof, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said that the agency’s officials were attacked at Biseri Filling Station Orogun, Isale Adinni, Saki.

According to him, a distress call was received at exactly 19:45hrs of Thursday through a running caller, Alhaji Aiki, with motorcycle registration number unknown to Biseri filling station on fire at Orogun, Isale Adinni, Saki.

He said by 19:46hrs, fire tender OY 173 A09, men, CFS Ayegbokiki in-charge, left for the scene.

“En route to the scene of the fire, hundreds of angry mobs waylaid and attacked the crew members with dangerous weapons and in the process, the firemen sustained injuries and the fire tender was also vandalized to the extent that the windshield was smashed, the body of the vehicle was severely marked with strikes of cutlasses and stones.

“The crew managed to escape during the attacks and finally report the ugly incident at the divisional police headquarters Saki.

“The fire tender is presently at the police headquarters Saki in order to prevent more attack at their station.

“The police are investigating the case and have arrested some suspects in connection with the attack,” he said.

Moroof urged the public to cooperate with firemen in the course of discharging their duties, while warning the miscreants to desist from attacking firemen whilst on their duties as the law will not hesitate to deal with anyone that attacks or obstructs firemen on duty.