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JUST IN: Police Office Shot Hausa Okada Rider Dead In Ogba Pandemonium

Police have shot Hausa Okada Rider dead in the Ogba area of Lagos State.

 

Truetells Nigeria reports that there is unrest in Ogba, Lagos over the alleged shooting of a Hausa commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as Okada, by a police officer.

 

According to a source who spoke to News Rain Nigeria, the unrest started yesterday when a police officer refused to pay for the service rendered to him by an Okada rider.

 

The anonymous source also disclosed that two people were allegedly killed last night.

Read below;

“It’s a bike man vs policemen fight. An Okada rider rendered a service to a policeman yesterday, then asked for money after dropping him off. He was shot by the policeman who refused to pay him

“There was a sporadic shooting this morning, some minutes ago. All the Okada riders are off their bikes getting ready for a riot,” the source said.

 

Presently, normalcy has been restored and commercial activities have resumed in the area, but the motorcycle riders are no longer on the roads.

 

Please, note that this is a developing story, kindly check back for more details…

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