Three gunmen have been killed by the combined efforts of police and local hunters in a gun battle at a checkpoint in Osun State.
The incident, according to reports, occurred at Osunjela in Atakunmonsa West Local Government Area of Osun State around 3:48 pm on Wednesday.
It was gathered that the gunmen, numbering about five, armed with pump action assault rifles and dane guns, ran into the checkpoint and wanted to escape.
A security source said that the combined efforts by the special squad of the Commissioner of Police named Prompt Response Unit (PRU) and the hunters, under the aegis of The Hunters Group of Nigeria, engaged the gunmen.
“The police ordered them to surrender their weapons, but they refused and start to attack the operatives. In the process, three of them were killed while others escaped. We recovered pump actions and other ammunition from the gunmen,” the source confided.
Osun Police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident.
She said: “Three of the gunmen were killed but I will get back to you on the circumstances surrounding the attack.”
