Chaos In Abeokuta Man Crushed To Death

Chaos broke out when a bullion van belonging to one of the new generation banks reportedly crushed a twenty two year old man, Gbenga Okesola to death.
The incident occurred yesterday, in Oke-Ilewo area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, around 11a.m., as the van knocked down the victim, who was riding a motorcycle around the OPIC Roundabout, ran over him and dragged him on the road for about five metres, before it stopped. It was further gathered that the policemen escorting the van reportedly dragged the victim from under the van, while he was still breathing, dumped him by the roadside, and zoomed off with the vehicles.

Riot The action of the Policemen was said to have angered other commercial motorcyclists, who had their park at the roundabout, as they unleashed violence, attacking law enforcement agents and passers-by. Attempts by men of Police command in the state to curb the violence made things worse as the aggrieved protesters hauled stones and other missiles at a detachment of regular and riot policemen, who were later despatched to the scene.

The policemen had to fire tear gas canisters to disperse them. Doors of eateries, commercial banks and shops in the area were quickly shut, as residents ran for their lives. A source said that the victim, a carpentry apprentice, was on his way to the computer village in the area to buy a memory card, when the incident occurred. An eyewitness, Bunmi Adewale, said the victim would have survived if he had been taken to a nearby hospital as soon as the incident happened.