Soldiers Assault Police Officers During Patrol In Kwara, One Cop Injured, Suspects Arrested

Ilorin, Kwara State– Police authorities in Kwara State have arrested three personnel of the Nigerian Army following an alleged attack on police officers during a routine patrol along the Shao–Malete Expressway, SaharaReporters-style findings have revealed.

The incident occurred on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, at about 5:45pm, when a patrol team from Shao Division intercepted two motorcycles along the busy expressway.

According to a police situation report obtained by Afrika Eyes, three occupants of one of the motorcycles, later identified as serving soldiers of the Nigerian Army, reportedly alighted and began confronting the officers who stopped them.

Police explained that the confrontation quickly escalated, with the soldiers allegedly attempting to disarm the policemen.

Hiwever, the situation degenerated into physical violence, during which one officer, PC Abdulganiyu Abdullateef, sustained varying degrees of injuries.

According to police,  the patrol team immediately called for reinforcement from the division.

However, before backup officers arrived at the scene, the three soldiers fled. One civilian rider, Saka Suleiman, a male resident of Shao who was riding the motorcycle, was arrested at the scene.

During interrogation, Suleiman reportedly identified one of the fleeing soldiers as Saka Jamiu, also a native of Shao.

Following intelligence-led operations, police officers tracked down and arrested the remaining suspects in the early hours of Wednesday, December 24, 2025, at about 1:00am.

Those arrested were identified as Atunwa Adekunle, Ishola Awolola, and Saka Jamiu, all males from Shao and confirmed to be personnel of the Nigerian Army.

A dagger knife was reportedly recovered from the suspects during the arrest.

Afrika Eyes gathered that the arrangements are ongoing to transfer the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Ilorin for discreet and comprehensive investigation.

The statement read, “GOOD MORNING SIR X SITREP X ATTACK ON POLICE OFFICERS WHILE PERFORMING THEIR LAWFUL DUTY X ON THE 23/12/2025 AT ABOUT 1745HRS TWO MOTORCYCLES WAS INTERCEPTED BY THE SHAO PATROL TEAM ALONG THE SHAO–MALETE EXPRESSWAY SHAO X THREE OCCUPANTS OF THE MOTORCYCLE LATER IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF THE NIGERIAN ARMY X IMMEDIATELY ALIGHTED AND BEGAN TO CHALLENGE THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO STOPPED THEM X TRYING TO DISARMED THE POLICEMEN X THE SITUATION ESCALATED TO THE POINT WHERE THEY PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED THE OFFICERS X ONE PC ABDULGANIYU ABDULLATEEF SUSTAINED DEGREES OF INJURIES V

X THE PATROL TEAM QUICKLY CALLED FOR REINFORCEMENT FROM THE DIVISION X BUT BEFORE THE BACKUP TEAM ARRIVED AT THE SCENE X THE THREE ARMY PERSONNELS HAD FLED X HOWEVER, ONE SAKA SULEIMAN, MALE OF SHAO, WHO RODE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS ARRESTED X DURING INVESTIGATION X HE IDENTIFIED ONE OF THE FLEEING SOLDIERS AS SAKA JAMIU A NATIVE OF SHAO X ON THE 24/12/2025 AT ABOUT 0100HRS EYES AND MY TEAM SUCCESSFUL ARRESTED THE REMAINING SUSPECT X NAMED ONE ATUNWA ADEKUNLE M OF SHAO X ONE ISHOLA AWOLOLA M OF SHAO X AND SAKA JAMIU M OF SHAO X MEN OF NIGERIA ARMY X MEANWHILE ONE DAGGER KNIFE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE SUSPECT X EFFORTS IS ON TO TRANSFER THE ARRESTED SUSPECT TO THE STATE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT (SCID), ILORIN FOR DISCREET INVESTIGATION X THE ABOVE FOR YOUR INFORMATION SIR X SUPOL SHAO XXXXX.”