Four policemen have been abducted at Aba Tuntun village, Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State, throwing the village into panic.
A divisional police officer was also shot in the fracas.
The abductions took place after the police raided the village following a complaint by the traditional ruler that some hoodlums were terrorising residents with firearms.
The police raided the village with 15 officers and 35 local vigilantes on Thursday.
Six single-barreled guns, 16 dane guns, and 16 cartridges were recovered from the hoodlums who were arrested by the police, it was gathered.
However, an ambush on the police as they were leaving the community saw the DPO who led the raid shot in the arm while some others sustained various gunshot injuries.
A source in the village told PUNCH that four officers and three vigilantes were taken into custody by the hoodlums who also went away with two AK-47 rifles, one pump action, one teargas, money, and other items belonging to the security operatives.
The source added that those hoodlums earlier arrested by the police were set free during the attacks on security men while two vehicles belonging to the police were damaged by the hoodlums.
Ogun police spokesperson Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident on Saturday.
Oyeyemi said three of the four abducted officers have been rescued but a constable Emmanuel Gene is still missing.
“We have rescued three of the policemen abducted, we don’t know the whereabouts of the constable among them.
“We have arrested three suspects and they are helping us in the investigation,” the spokesperson said.
