Suspected oil thieves have killed no fewer than two policemen attached to Owutu Police Division, Owutu, Agric, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Kenneth Nwosu, the Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO, has confirmed.
Nwosu noted that about 30 oil thieves engaged the policemen in a fierce battle in the middle of the night and in the process two of police officers lost their lives in the process.
The thieves were allegedly arrested and detained by the police at the station on Monday, but the vandals regrouped and attacked the Police Station, killing the two police corporals.
The oil thieves who sustained various degrees of injuries during the duel escaped.