Conflicting Accounts As Police Order Arrest Of Officer Over Death Of Remo Stars Player
According to Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Kazeem’s arrest was ordered after he was suspected to be wearing a military outfit.
“Based on the information, the Inspector went to Shagamu and saw the deceased putting on a military cap consequent upon which he got him arrested. “In his bid to run across the road, an oncoming vehicle which is on high speed knocked him down and he died on the spot.” “A full-scale investigation into the case has commenced by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.”According to the account, which was posted on the Club’s Twitter account, “The SARS officer stopped Tiyamiyu Kazeem insisting that he was a Yahoo Boy, he brought out his identity card to identify himself as a player of Remo Stars FC but the officer insisted on taking him to the nearest police station in Sagamu.
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