Ogun Student Knocked Down By Policeman Chasing Motorcyclist

A police officer, simply identified as “Freedom” has reportedly killed an SS1 student of Mayigi Community High School, Ilashe, in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, Adeleye Eniola.

Other students who were in the company of the deceased were also said to have been injured by the speeding police officer.

According to an eyewitness, the officer who is attached to the Ilaro Area Command allegedly knocked down and killed the student with his vehicle while chasing a motorcyclist.

The youths of the community under the umbrella of Ipokia Local Government Youth Forum (IPYF), while reacting to the incident, condemned the action of the police officer, describing it as “unprofessional and barbaric”.

The youth group, in a statement by its secretary, Adeyemi Olusegun, also chided the police for arresting and tear-gassing other students who were protesting the death of their colleague.

“Over the years, we have been faced with Nigeria Police Force’s unprofessional discharge of their constitutional duties that always infringe human rights of our people, and it has always been proven that men of the police force on our roads in Ipokia Local Government are specially trained to kill, maim, extort our people and take away our rights as citizens of this country.

“The said officer left Ilaro, to perpetuate evil in Ipokia Local Government because the Nigeria policemen have been left unchecked and they have turned themselves to free rascals that can operate even outside their jurisdictions,” he alleged.

The group demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the officer involved in the act.