Mob vandalises police station as APC crushes two siblings in Osun state

Tragedy struck in llesa, Osun State on Sunday when a driver of police armour personnel carrier crushed two kids of the same parents to death.
Our correspondent gathered that the kids were playing around their parents’ residence when the driver of the APC who some residents said was drunk rammed into an electric pole before crushing the kids to death.
The older kid, Sade was said to be five years old while the other one, Aanu was three years old.
Sympathisers, mostly okada riders reportedly chased the police vehicle, but the driver was said to have sped away from the scene and escaped the wrath of the angry mob.
Irked by this, the angry mob was said to have attacks the ‘A’ Division Police Station at Ayeso where they vandalized all the operational vehicles parked in the station including other valuable property and police quarters inside the station.
Policemen on duty were reported to have engaged the mob by firing tear gas and gunshots into the air repeatedly to scare them, but they remained adamant and did not leave the station until they accomplished their mission.
The distraught father of the kid was said to have gone to the police station to collect the corpses but he was denied.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, when contacted said that policeman who drove the APC lost control and hit an electric pole which eventually electrocuted the kids.
She described the accident as unfortunate and lamented that the mob destroyed all operational vehicles at the police station.
The PPRO appealed to residents of the town to remain calm, while assuring them that the matter would be thoroughly investigated to know what really happened.