2 Policemen Drown While Chasing Marijuana Smokers In Oyo

Two newly recruited Constables of the Durbar Police station in Oyo and a member of the Discipline Intelligent Group of Nigeria (DIGON),Oparemi Goke and Ogunyemi Mujeeb, have died while chasing cannabis smokers.

The security operatives drowned around 7:30pm on Sunday July 12, 2020, at Awerintu river, Oke Eletu, while chasing the hoodlums who ran towards a bridge washed away by the flood.

The policemen had followed one of the hoodlums into water he jumped into but got swallowed by mud. Their corpses were recovered in the late hours of the same day.