The attack on Aqua Triton Company in Oyo State was described as a coordinated, commando-style operation on the facility.
Confirming the attack on Saturday, the Oyo State Police Command said assailants stormed the company premises and were engaged by security personnel on duty.
According to the Command’s spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the abducted foreign national is from India and not Chinese as earlier indicated.
“There was an attack at Aqua Triton Company in Ogunmakin, near Ibadan, Oyo State, where yet to be identified gunmen stormed the facility in a commando-style operation,” he stated.
Olayinka explained that one police officer lost his life while repelling the attackers, adding that some of the gunmen were injured during the exchange before they escaped with the expatriate.
“One police officer tragically died while repelling the attack, injuring some of the assailants, and the Indian expatriate principal was abducted,” the police spokesperson stated.
Following the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Femi Haruna, had ordered a swift response.
