A Police Station located at Olayiwola Close, Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos state has been set ablaze by irate youths over the alleged killing of 23-year-old Idris Bakare by a police officer.
Bakare was allegedly killed at about 12:00a.m. on Sunday, May 28, 2023.
Speaking to news correspondents, A friend of the deceased narrated thetragic incident;
“We were supposed to go to Fela Shrine and he asked me to wait for him to take his phone from his room, but in return, I told him to go and sleep that we can’t go to the shrine again because it is a Sunday.
“Within a minute, a Police officer by the name, Kabiru parked at the other side of the road and some people took to their heels sighting him because of his appearance, he went back to his car to park at the Divine Health Centre, Lawal Street and pointed his gun at Idris and shot him dead.
In retaliation, some youths attacked the station at about 3:00a.m. yesterday, chased the officers and left one injured. A team of police officers stationed with three vans at the nearby street, said the injured officer was rushed to the emergency centre at the toll gate along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for prompt treatment, but did not disclose his name.