Angry Youths Set Sars Office Ablaze After They Shot A Student Dead, During Sallah Festival In Iwo (Photos)

Angry youths are presently protesting the alleged killing of one of them by an operative of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

The victim, whose name was given as Tunde Nofiu, was said to be home on holidays. He was shot dead on Thursday night at Odo-Ori market, while on his way to Ile-Ogbo.

The angry youths mobilised themselves on Friday morning and went to the police area command office where they dislodged the policemen, pulled down the fence of the premises and set the offices ablaze.

The angry mob also made bon fires infront of the police Area Command and later set it ablaze.

Meanwhile, police officers at the station were said to have taken cover to avoid being lynched.

Many also took to social media to narrate the incident, some claiming that Nofiu was shot dead for refusing the SARS operatives access to his phone.

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