A police Sergent simply identified as Sgt Abu attached to Omu-Aran Police Division in Kwara state who was attacked by a man suspected to suffer from insanity on Tuesday has been confirmed dead.
The deceased policeman was allegedly attacked by the suspected Madman at his duty post in Omu-Aran, headquarters of Irepodun local government area of Kwara state.
Punch correspondent gathered that the assailant known in the community as Femi Adefila was already armed with cutlass and other dangerous weapons on Tuesday afternoon when he went to the station.
It was gathered that Adefila was alleged to be showing signs of insanity according to people who were familiar with him before the Tuesday attack.
He was alleged to be a scavenger.
The deceased was said to have been rushed to a private hospital in the neighbourhood but was later transferred to Federal Medical Center, Ido-Ekiti in Ekiti State, where he died on Wednesday.
Adefila who hailed from Aran-Orin, a suburb of Omu-Aran was said to have first approached the station with a shovel and a wooden stick but was disarmed and later reinforced to attack.
An eye witness account states that it took a combined effort of some commercial motorcyclist and police patrol team before Adefila, who took to his heel after the attack, could be apprehended around Taiwo Area in the town.
An eyewitness account said, “I was on my motorcycle when I saw the man running holding cutlass and a wood.
“He was wearing a red attire and we followed him.
“Later some other motorcyclist joined in the chase and on getting to Taiwo Area he stopped, dropped his weapons and raised up his hands.
“It was in the process that he was arrested by the police and moved to the station,” the source, who preferred anonymity said.
The atmosphere in the police command was tense on Wednesday afternoon when our correspondent visited as policemen in the station were still in shock following the death of their colleague.
When contacted, Ajayi Okasanmi, the Kwara Police Spokesperson, confirmed the incident, saying “the veracity of the incident is still being investigated to know if it is true”.
Okasanmi said the investigation into the case was being carried out in collaboration with the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Omu-Aran.
