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Youths in Ibadan stage a protest on Wednesday over the alleged killing of a young boy.
The Youth barricaded some roads at Mokola area of the state capital while burning tyres.
They barricaded the UCH- Mokola Road for a few minutes before moving to the Oyo State Secretariat in Agodi, where they blocked the road preventing workers from entering the secretariat.
However normalcy has returned to Mokola as at the time of filing this report and the state secretariat has presence of police officers drafted to maintain peace and order.
Meanwhile, all efforts made to get reaction from the Commandant of Amotekun Corps in the state, Olayinka Olayanju proved abortive.
Recall that Adulawonews had earlier reported that the victim was said to be preparing to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination on Friday.
It was gathered that men of the Nigerian Police Force had tried to take the corpse away but they were stopped by the people.
According to a source “The 15 years old boy had been preparing for his exams on Friday and was shot at by an Amotekun man in the early hours of today (Wednesday) at Mokola, Ibadan North, Oyo State. The police tried to take the body away but the people refused with force. People are crying. A woman said she ate with him last night as he was preparing for the exams.It is not clear why the Amotekun guy shot him. Maybe it was an accidental discharge, we don’t know.”
A resident of the area who confirmed the incident said hoodlums had blocked some of the roads leading to the area.
His words, “We woke up this morning to see hoodlums taking over our area. It started from the Celestial Church at the Mokola roundabout. But as of 8am this morning, the police have chased them away. But we can see some of them regrouping to cause mayhem. We are calling on the government to come to our rescue before it leads to another crisis.”