Suspected armed robbers shot dead a security personnel attached to the private home of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi situated at Parakin Quarters yesterday 9th February, 2015. The security guard who was an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) was reported to come out of the compound to purchase recharge card when he was shot dead by the fleeing robbers who also went away with his riffle.
The victim was later confirmed dead at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife where he was rushed to.
The representative of the NSCDC in Osun, Wale Folarin, while confirming the story said
“”It is true one of our officers attached to the Ooni’s palace was shot dead by some unidentified persons in front of a private residence of the Ooni. The killers went away with his gun. He died at the OAUTHC hospital Ife. We have arrested three suspects in connection with the crime and investigations continue as the command will get to the root of the matter”