Ogunjimi was reportedly shot dead in the Areke area of Sagamu, where he and his colleagues had visited for a security surveillance.
The spokesman for the So-Safe Corps, Moruf Yusuf, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Wednesday.
Yusuf said Ogunjimi was shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday at Areke, where he and five others were deployed to curb the heinous activities of some gunmen terrorising the highways in the Remo area of the state.
Yusuf said, “The Corps gallant officers visited Areke Community in Sagamu because one of these gunmen’s hideouts is located in the community, which happens to be a hotel.
“A few minutes after the officers got to the community at about 0130hrs, a white Hilux pick-up with no registration number was sighted. Immediately it approached the officers, it was asked to stop, but it zoomed off.
“The team leader, ASC Ogunjimi, together with Kazeem Akodu Elewedu, trailed the vehicle, but the driver and his gang felt the officers may want to foil their operation and they turned back in front of Walex Hotel, Areke to open fire on our men.
“The officers were heavily sprayed with bullets from the Hilux vehicle. Bullets from the gunshots left officer Jimi Ogunjimi dead and the gunmen escaped in their Hillux. Effort is ongoing to identify the gunmen.”
Yusuf hinted that the matter was reported to the Divisional Police Officer of Ewu-Oliwo Division by residents of the community, who he said, “sent his men to visit the scene of the incident.”
Ogunjimi, who was, until his death, the Areke Post Officer, is survived by an aged parent, his wife and a male child.
He said “We pray that the good Lord will rest the soul of the deceased gallant and faithful officer of the corps.”
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