One person was feared dead as scores of residents on Monday staged a protest in Sagamu, Ogun State over theThe protesters, who took to the streets, also stormed the Palace of Akarigbo and the Paramoun
t Ruler of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, demanding justice for the deceased.The protesters condemned the incessant brutality and indiscriminate arrests by law enforcement agents in the town and its environs.The atmosphere in Sagamu was tense as the protesters move from one point to the other chanting anti-police slogans.
A former governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, was sighted at the palace where he was said to have calmed frayed nerves.gathered that a member of the House of Representatives representing Remo Federal Constituency, Mrs Adewunmi Onanuga, and the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Funmi Efuwape, were also at the palace to appeal to the protesters.
on Saturday along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway after he was arrested by operatives of the Zonal Intervention Squad in Obada area of the state.
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