There was
pandemonium yesterday in
Oshodi area of Lagos, after a
35-year-old man, Azeez
Omotoso, was shot dead by a
Police corporal.
Vanguard gathered that the
victim who was also a youth
leader in the area met his
untimely death when some
Policemen from Shogunle
Police Station, responding to a
fight that started in a party
held in front of the victim’s
house shot at him.
Eyewitnesses told Vanguard
that the victim who did not
attend the party, was coming
home with his wife and three
children when a yet-to-be
identified man arrested by
Police during the fracas called
him for assistance.
The eyewitness told Vanguard
that when the victim responded
to the call, a police corporal
identified as ‘Awilo,’ got
infuriated over his presence and
challenged the victim for
interfering in a matter that did
not concern him. He was said
to have shot the victim, leaving
him in a pool of his blood.
Meanwhile residents of Aina
Street and other adjoining
streets protested in front of the
victim’s family house at No. 28
Aina Street, Oshodi, calling on
Police authorities to ensure the
trigger-happy policeman is
brought to justice.
But news of the killing and
subsequent protest in the area
swiftly spread as a wide fire
causing panic in the area.
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