POLICE CHARGE 48 YORUBA AGITATORS TO COURT
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has charged the 48 Yoruba Nation Protesters that were arrested on Saturday 3rd July, 2021 in Ojota, Lagos before a Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba.
According to the Communications Manager for Ilana Omo Oodua, IOO, Maxwell Adeleye, they were charged for Unlawful Assembly, Unlawful Society and Conducts likely to cause breach of Public Peace.
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Adeleye said: “However, one of the arrested protesters, Tajudeen Bakare (the popular Ogboni Chief) was charged by the Police for the murder of a Sachet Water Hawker, Jumoke Oyeleke, killed by a stray bullet during the protest.
“The bail granted to all the Protesters was upheld by the Court but that of Bakare was revoked. The Court refers Bakare’s case to the Director of Public Prosecutor, DPP, for further advise.”
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