A social-political group, Osun Shall Rise Again (OSRA) yesterday raised the alarm that some criminals were planning to riot in the state in protest over the killing of 32-year-old businessman, Abiola Afolabi.
Afolabi was allegedly killed by policemen but the state police command claimed that Abiola was an armed robber shot in a gun battle.
His family and civil society organisations refuted the claim, demanding the removal of Commissioner of Police Olawale Olokode, and a probe into the killing.
Civil society groups called Dialogue 360 issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the police to produce the killer policemen, warning that if CP Olokode failed to do so, there would be a massive protest in the state today.
Saheed Bakare, chair of OSRA, in a statement, “condemned in total the alleged extra-judicial killing of a promising young man, Afolabi Abiola, by some policemen of the Osun State Command.”
But the group also urged the police to “resist any attempt by some discredited politicians and a few mischief makers that want to profit from the sad incident, from hijacking the situation. We do not need any protest now, especially one coordinated by elements of Revolution Now”. Continue Reading
