Ogun: How police allegedly kill okada rider protesting hike in ticket rate
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
Some of the motorcyclists alleged that about 100 bikes were taken away by the police to their station; saying their members who later went there were sprayed with teargas and beaten by the policemen. In order to disarm him, he noted that the police had no other option than to shoot to the air to disperse the angry crowd.
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