Witnesses blame SARS personnel for the death.
An angry mob on Saturday stormed a police station in Sagamu, Ogun State, after a police officer reportedly caused the death of Tiyamu Kazeem, a footballer.Videos and pictures of how the mob vented their anger on the officers and destroyed some properties of the police have been trending online.
“The incident occurred this afternoon in Sagamu while he was driving along Sagamu area of Ogun State with one of his teammates, Sanni Abubakar,” the club management narrated. “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.
It was gathered that Mr Kazeem was immediately rushed to Fakoya Hospital in Sagamu, where it was confirmed that he was dead.Meanwhile, the police have denied the involvement of any SARS or police officer in the death of Mr Kazeem.
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