Osogbo incident: Police deny shooting footballers during arrest operation

The Osun State Police Command has denied allegations that its operatives changeable astatine guiltless residents playing shot successful the Ogo-Oluwa country of Osogbo, during an cognition carried retired by officers of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID on Sunday.

In a connection issued by the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan and signed by Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the Command said the cognition followed a petition submitted to the Office of the Inspector-General of Police connected May 2, 2026, implicit a viral video allegedly showing suspected members of the AYE Confraternity displaying firearms and different unsafe weapons.

According to the statement, “the petition was aboriginal forwarded to the Osun State Police Command for probe and further action.”

The bid said, “detectives thereafter launched a thorough probe aimed astatine identifying and prosecuting those linked to the incident.”

The constabulary explained that “operatives, acting connected intelligence, identified 1 of the suspects seen successful the viral video and moved to apprehend him astatine his hideout successful Os...