{"id":7454,"date":"2018-01-29T20:29:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=7454"},"modified":"2018-01-29T20:29:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:29:25","slug":"viral-video-why-we-shot-at-truck-and-drivers-cabin-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=7454","title":{"rendered":"Viral Video: Why we shot at truck and driver&#8217;s cabin &#8211; Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source: www.premiumtimesng.com<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Featured Photo: Courtesy www.premiumtimesng.com<\/strong><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7454-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"1237\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/VID-20180129-WA0019.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/VID-20180129-WA0019.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/VID-20180129-WA0019.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\nThe police have released pictures and names of suspects arrested in connection with\u00a0a video that showed officers shooting at a truck\u00a0in Ogun State on Saturday.<br \/>\nThe video, about 19 seconds, showed police in a white Toyota Hilux van shooting at a truck and its driver around Shagamu and shared on Twitter Saturday afternoon, sparking a flurry of condemnation of the police and their conduct.<br \/>\nBut the police absolved themselves of wrongdoing in another update sent to PREMIUM TIMES Monday afternoon about the incident, saying they prevented a truck with more than N2.7 million worth of lager beer from being stolen.<br \/>\nOgun State police spokesperson Abimbola Oyeyemi told PREMIUM TIMES that the truck was conveying a large quantity of Trophy lager beer to Iragbiji, Osun State, from Ilesa when it was hijacked at gunpoint.<br \/>\nThe suspects were arrested following a distress call to the police in Ogun State that a yellow truck with registration number: LEW 615 XA was hijacked by three armed men with its N2.714 million content in Ilesa and its tracking device indicated it was around Sagamu, Mr. Oyeyemi, an assistant superintendent of police, said.<br \/>\nThe Sagamu Area Commander, Ibrahim Sa\u2019ad Muhammad then placed all units in the area on red alert about the truck.<br \/>\nOfficers intercepted the suspected robbers along Sagamu-Ore Expressway, but only after they had delivered the content of the truck to a buyer in Ode-Remo, about 27 kilometres north of Sagamu.<br \/>\nThe online video of the incident showed how policemen in a white Toyota Hilux van caught up with the truck, pulled up by the driver\u2019s side and fired a shot into the truck with an AK-47 rifle.<br \/>\nThey also fired several shots at the vehicle\u2019s tyres to demobilise it.<br \/>\nSome men in a vehicle driving a few metres from behind captured the moment, which abruptly ended at the 19-second mark.<br \/>\nMr. Oyeyemi had told PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday night that no one was killed or injured in the incident.<br \/>\nThe police identified the driver of the stolen vehicle as Saheed Omotosho, adding that he had allegedly confessed to delivering the products to Adijat Azeez, a beer dealer in Ode-Remo.<br \/>\nThe duo had been remanded at the police special anti-robbery squad facility in Ogun State on the order of state police commissioner Ahmed Ilyasu, the police said.<br \/>\nMr. Oyeyemi told PREMIUM TIMES the suspects would be arraigned after they\u2019ve provided information leading to the arrest of other suspected criminals that participated in the theft but who were still at large.<br \/>\nPREMIUM TIMES could not immediately confirm if the two suspects had legal representatives.<br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/share\/clipdata_180129_212149_400.sdoc--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: www.premiumtimesng.com Featured Photo: Courtesy www.premiumtimesng.com The police have released pictures and names of suspects arrested in connection with\u00a0a video that showed officers shooting at a truck\u00a0in Ogun State on Saturday. 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