{"id":322415,"date":"2026-01-18T14:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322415"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:30:57","slug":"nigeria-gunmen-kill-policeman-abduct-chinese-expatriate-in-oyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=322415","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Gunmen kill policeman, abduct Chinese expatriate in Oyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/245\/24551066.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"A file photo of gunmen\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">ABUJA, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Gunmen have killed a policeman and abducted a Chinese expatriate during an attack on a farm in Ogunmakin Community, Ibadan area of Oyo State.<br><br>Sunday PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred at about 1 p.m. on Thursday at Aqua Triton Company, when around 10 armed men stormed the facility in a commando-style operation.<br><br>It was learnt that the attackers seized a company director, 42-year-old Renjith Pillai, while he was inspecting crops on the farm.<br><br>Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ayanlade Olayinka, said the policeman lost his life while trying to repel the attack.<br><br>Although the names of the victims could not be confirmed, he said a search had commenced to rescue the expatriate.<br><br>\u201cI can confirm that an attack occurred at Aqua Triton Company in Ogunmakin, near Ibadan, when unknown gunmen stormed the facility in a commando-style operation. One police officer tragically died while repelling the attack, injuring some of the assailants, and the Chinese expatriate principal was abducted,\u201d he said.<br><br>Olayinka added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Femi Haruna, had ordered an immediate manhunt for the kidnappers.<br><br>\u201cImmediately the incident was reported, the Commissioner of Police directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations to lead the Anti-Kidnapping Squad and other tactical teams to the scene. A bush-combing operation is ongoing, and a full investigation has been launched to ensure the safe rescue of the victim and the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators,\u201d he stated. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABUJA, Jan 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Gunmen have killed a policeman and abducted a Chinese expatriate during an attack on a farm in Ogunmakin Community, Ibadan area of Oyo State. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred at about 1 p.m. on Thursday at Aqua Triton Company, when around 10 armed men stormed the facility in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322415"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322417,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322415\/revisions\/322417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/322416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}