(Punch) - A New Year tragedy threw Ikirun community of Osun State into turmoil on Saturday morning when a drunken policeman identified as O. Kelechi, opened fire on two brothers at a checkpoint along Oke-Afo Road in Ikirun.
The names of the brothers were Lukman Adesina and Taiwo Adesina.
It was gathered that the two brothers, whose father is a motorcycle dealer in Ikirun, were on an errand when they were stopped by the policeman.
An irate mob took to the streets and burnt down the Divisional Police Station in Ikirun, damaged several vehicles belonging to police officers as well as the Motor Traffic Division in the community, along with several motorcycles.
The Divisional Police Officer, Ikirun, Mr Abiodun Alabi, was attacked by the mob who stormed the police station while several policemen on duty took to their heels.
A police source said he was rushed to Osun State General Hospital, Osogbo, where he is currently on danger list.
It was gathered that many other policemen were injured in the rage by the angry residents.
The brothers were driven by another relative, who narrowly escaped being killed too in the fracas.
Some residents, who spoke with our correspondent at Oja-Oba area of Ikirun, said Kelechi stopped the motorcycle bearing the brothers and demanded a bribe from them.
But the Commissioner of Police, Osun Command, Mr Solomon Olusegun, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said there was a fatal crisis involving a policeman and a resident, adding that the situation had been brought under control.
Olusegun said only one resident and one policeman died in the fracas.
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