An officer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has killed a commercial motorcyclist in Akure, the Ondo State capital, sparking protests in the city.
SaharaReporters gathered that the cyclist was “crushed to death” in an accident that occurred at Damilak Gas Station, along Ondo road.
Although the identity of the cyclist could not be immediately ascertained as of the time of the fatal accident, several sources said the deceased was an indigene of Akure.
Irked by the sad development, many commercial motorcyclists in Akure have protested the killing of their colleagues.
They shut down business activities on the Oba Adesida road, making bon fires and causing traffick gridlock that lasted several hours. The protesters then marched to the office of the NSCDC, in demonstration.
During the protest, it was gathered that an elder sister of the yet-to-be-identified…
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