Trouble broke out on Tuesday 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.
It was 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, 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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