The Ogun State Police Command has dispelled the rumour going rounds that the two persons shot at Olomoore market in Abeokuta by men of Anti-cultism team have died.
According to a statement by the police public relations officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, it stated that the two victims of the gun shot are alive and responding to treatment at the State General Hospital, Ijaiye Abeokuta where they were rushed to by the officers of the Command.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson who was at the scene of the incident yesterday also visited the victims in the hospital where he met them in a very stable condition. As at this morning, the officers of the command have visited them in the hospital and they were responding well to treatment” the statement reads
Oyeyemi further stated that a full scale investigation into the case has commenced as directed by the Commissioner of police with the view to unravel the immediate and remote cause of the crisis and sanction appropriately those that will be found wanting in one way or the other so as to forestall the re-occurrence of such ugly incident in future
“The Command therefore wish to appeal to members of the public especially facebook and other social media users to desist from spreading fake and unverified information as this is capable of causing chaos and unwarranted shedding of blood” Oyeyemi said
