The Oyo State Police Command has debunked the claim that a policeman shot at the car driven by a member of the National Youth Service Corps in Ibadan.

The Police Public Relations Officer for Oyo State Police Command, Adewale Osifeso, said in a statement on Friday that no single bullet was fired by the police at the scene of the alleged shooting.

He said rather, a corps member who drove a Toyota Camry recklessly knocked down one policeman, Bright Agbadahun, while he was stopped by a team of policemen on stop and search duty. He said the corps member refused to stop and in his bid to escape, he veered to his lane to face oncoming vehicles where he ran into a tricycle before the police caught up with him.He described the alleged shooting of the corps members as mischievous but added that investigations were still ongoing and updates would be provided in due course.

The police statement read, “The Oyo State Police Command wishes to dispel rumors making the rounds about a shooting incident involving a police officer and a National Youth Service Corps member as mischievous and a fictitious imagination of mischief agents.

“Preliminary investigations/independent witness accounts revealed that a reckless driving corps member in the company of his colleagues while returning from their Community Development Service (CDS) in a white tinted Toyota Camry with Reg No ABY 237 JR was flagged down by operatives on legitimate stop and search duties along with Black Horse Area, New Garage, Off Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road.

“However, he drove directly towards the direction of the officers, thereby knocking down, one Sgt Agbadahun Bright.