Tobi Adebayo
A protester at the Yoruba Nation rally, Tajudeen Bakare has been charged for the murder of a sachet water seller, Jumoke Oyeleke.
Bakare, an Ogboni chief, was among the 48 protesters arrested by the Police at the rally held on July 3rd.
According to a statement signed by the Communications Manager, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Maxwell Adeleye, the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu charged the protesters before a Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba.
“The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has charged the 48 Yoruba Nation Protesters arrested on Saturday 3rd July 2021 in Ojota, Lagos before a Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba.
“They were charged for Unlawful Assembly, Unlawful Society and Conducts likely to cause a breach of Public Peace.
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“However, one of the arrested protesters, Tajudeen Bakare (the popular Ogboni Chief) was charged by the Police for the murder of a Sachet Water Hawker, Jumoke Oyeleke, killed by a stray bullet during the protest.
“The bail granted to all the Protesters was upheld by the Court but that of Bakare was revoked. The Court refers Bakare’s case to the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) for further advice,” the statement read.
Oyeleke was killed by a stray bullet during the rally.
The Lagos state police, however, denied involvement in her murder after the family pointed fingers at the policemen who shot sporadically to disperse protesters.
