One person was said
to have been killed by gunshots allegedly fired by policemen who were deployed
to Sagamu to disperse youths who were protesting the alleged killing of a
footballer, Kazeem Tiyamiyu on Saturday.
Residents of Sagamu
have alleged that the footballer was killed by the men of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), maintaining that they pushed him out of their moving
vehicle for asking them where they were taking him to, saying he was killed by
an oncoming vehicle.
The the Ogun State
Police Command Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, debunked the allegation. He said
Tiyamiyu, known as Kaka, ran out of the car taking him to Abeokuta and was
killed by another vehicle.
It was learnt that
the protesters marched to the palace of the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde
Ajayi, where they were addressed by Former Governor, Gbenga Daniel, who called
for calm.
However, our
correspondent later gathered that the once peaceful protest later became
violent, causing a confrontation between the police and the irate youths.
A youth who spoke to
our correspondent anonymously said: “One protester appeared confirmed dead, not
less than three protesters are wounded and receiving treatment at OSUTH.
“A couple of
policemen are also wounded and receiving treatment.”
He added that,
“soldiers have been deployed to arrest the situation
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