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  • Fracas in Ikorodu as Police allegedly kill Okada rider
  • Fracas broke out, yesterday, in Ikorodu
    following the death of a motorcyclist after he was allegedly shot by a Policeman attached to
    Ikorodu Division, Lagos State.
    The tragedy struck around 4p.m at Ojubode area leading to a serious gridlock which lasted for hours as the deceased's colleagues trooped out to protest the killing.
    This resulted into pandemonium as commuters
    and residents scampered for safety. Also, shops
    and offices were shut for hours by owners for
    fear of the unknown.
    Although information was sketchy as at press
    time, an eye witnesses said the motorcyclist
    identified simply as Haruna, met his untimely
    death when the Policemen stormed the area to
    impound his motorcycle but the deceased
    refused arrest on the ground that the Policemen
    visited last weekend asking him to part with an
    undisclosed amount of money.
    To his surprise, the same Policemen came back
    yesterday to impound the motorcycle and out of
    annoyance, Haruna refused to release the
    motorcycle and started struggling with one of the Policemen.
    According to reports, one of the Policemen fired
    a shot at him, which led to his death.
    Vanguard gathered that the corpse was removed by the Policemen to an unknown destination while scores of motorcyclists were said to have gathered at the palace of the Oba of Ikorodu to protest the killing.
    In a telephone chat with Vanguard, Chairman,
    Motorcyclists Association of Lagos State, MOALS, Ikorodu zone popularly called 'Jendor''described the incident as barbaric and called on government to bring the perpetrators to book.
    He said: "As you can see, we are very busy now,
    you can hear a lot of noise from our members.
    This is too much for us to bear''Haruna's death occurred six months after a policeman attached to Ikorodu Division Corporal Goroye Folagbade, was dismissed for stealing an impounded motorcycle from Saheed Owolabi of the same Ojubode park.
    Effort to get the Lagos State Police Public
    Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide's comment
    proved abortive as she could not be reached on
    phone.
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