'I overheard passengers saying an innocent lady in her shop was gunned down by the police. I never knew it was my daughter.'
Yoruba Nation Rally : I heard of my daughter’s death in bus, says woman whose daughter was shot
"I overheard passengers saying an innocent lady in her shop was gunned down by the police. I never knew it was my daughter."The mother of the lady, Jumoke Oyeleke, who was shot during the Yoruba nation rally, said she learnt of her daughter’s death while going home in a bus.had reported that Miss Oyeleke, 25, was shot during the July 3 Yoruba nation rally in Lagos.
She was not part of the rally but was hit by a stray bullet after police officers began firing guns and tear gas canisters into the air in an attempt to disperse the peaceful rally at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota. The police denied responsibility for the death, saying its officers never fired a “single live bullet” at the rally but her autopsy showed that she died from bullet wounds.Mrs Oyeleke, who appeared as the first witness, told a Magistrate Court in Ogba, Lagos, on Monday during a coronary inquest opened on the matter by the Lagos State Government that she went home after being called via telephone several times for an urgent message.
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