Riot Breaks Out In Ogun State After Police Shot one Dead (Video)

Irate youth have taken over the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway after some police officers from Zonal Intervention Squad of Zone 2 Police Command opened fire during the Akogun festival in Ifo, Ogun State, killing one and injuring many.

The identity of the innocent deceased was revealed as Akeem Akinsanya, 25. The plainclothes officers were in the area to arrest a man identified as Abu Regar, and after the arrest they started shooting sporadically as they were leaving.

Fortunately, the officers were arrested on the spot and the Ogun State police commissioner, Bashir Makama, has ordered that they should be whisked to Abeokuta for disciplinary action.

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