A young Nigerian, Jimoh Isiaq who was allegedly shot dead by the police officers today has been laid to rest in Ogbomoso.
Funeral of Jimoh Isiaq who paid the supreme price today after @PoliceNG officers shot him dead at Ogbomoso.@MBuhari @ProfOsinbajo this Nigerian got killed by police in Ogbomoso for protesting against police brutality. How many more need to get killed before you #EndSARS?” pic.twitter.com/MWlp3tcshi
— Packad (@IamPackad) October 10, 2020
The deceased who was a student was among the youths who had stormed major streets on Saturday in Ogbomoso to demand the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, an arm of the arm of the Nigeria Police Force.
Jimoh Isiaka was however allegedly shot by the police officers and later died at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, earlier today.
Also, at this same protest, Abdulrasaq Olawale, Oluwadamilare Gbolohunmi, and five other persons sustained injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.
An eyewitness said that the victim was shot in the leg by the police when the protesters reached Owode police station in Ogbomoso.
The witness said the deceased was shot, as the policemen were trying to ensure that the station was not attacked by the protesters.
However, the Police Command in Oyo State has debunked the reported shooting of EndSARS protesters in Ogbomoso by its personnel.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday, said the police did not fire a single shot at any protester.
Fadeyi said the protesters were allowed to express their grievances for over one hour.
“According to the information I gathered from the officers monitoring the protest, the police did not fire shot at anybody.
“The protesters were allowed for over one hour to carry out their protest and express their grievances until when some of them wanted to forcefully enter the police station with a view to attacking it.
“The police only fired teargas to disperse the protesters; they did not fire shot at anybody as widely reported,’’ Fadeyi said.
Reacting, the Coordinator of the National Association of Nigerian Students (Southwest), Comrade Olawale Samuel Kappo berated the statement of the Oyo Police Command and alleged that the police officers shot the deceased.
‘All I can tell you is that Jimoh Isiaka was a student but am not sure if he is a LAUTECH Student. I am still doing more investigation. We will come up with a press statement soon.
“The police are liars. The deceased was shot by the police officers and he was rushed to Bowen Teaching Hospital and died around past five. He has been buried,” the coordinator said.
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Funeral of Jimoh Isiaq who paid the supreme price today after @PoliceNG officers shot him dead at Ogbomoso.@MBuhari @ProfOsinbajo this Nigerian got killed by police in Ogbomoso for protesting against police brutality. How many more need to get killed before you #EndSARS?” pic.twitter.com/MWlp3tcshi
— Packad (@IamPackad) October 10, 2020
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