Angery mob sets policeman’s vehicle ablaze for crushing schoolboy to death .....SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that an angry mob has set ablaze a
policeman's vehicle on Abeokuta Road, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, for
crushing a schoolboy to death.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the boy, identified simply as Ope, was
crushed at about 4pm while returning from school on Wednesday, and he
reportedly died on the spot.
It was gathered that the deceased, who wore the uniform of Moslem
Comprehensive Junior School, was riding a bicycle by the roadside when
the vehicle hit him.
The policeman who drove the vehicle, said to be an officer attached to
the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, was said to have abandoned his vehicle
and fled the scene when he saw that the boy had died.
A mob, which gathered at the scene, was said to have set the
policeman's vehicle ablaze, and also protested against the policeman's
action, leading to shop owners closing their shops, while pedestrians
hurriedly fled the area.
A resident, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, Saheed Ajala,
said policemen from the Obalende division later came to remove the
boy's corpse.
Saheed added that no one in the area could immediately identify the
name or address of the victim.
He said, "The boy was riding a bicycle by the roadside; he was on his
way home. The policeman's vehicle threw him against a culvert, and he
died instantly. The policeman wore a black T-shirt with SARS written
on it. He fled the scene on seeing that the boy was dead.
"A crowd of sympathisers gathered at the scene and lamented the
reckless driving of the policeman. Later, some policemen came and made
efforts to take the car away, but the mob frustrated them.
"They destroyed the vehicle and set it ablaze. There was commotion on
the road as residents fled, and shop owners quickly locked their
shops."
One of the shop owners in the area, who declined to give her name,
said the burnt vehicle was still at the junction as of Thursday.
She said, "The burnt vehicle is still at the junction. We don't know
if the boy's family members have shown up at the police division."
A teacher at the Moslem school, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
told firstclass newsline that Ope was in Junior Secondary School two
before his untimely death. As a matter of fact, everybody was sad in
the school today (Thursday)."
Firstclass newsline learnt that the police had deposited his corpse in
a public morgue.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi,
could not be reached for comment on the matter.
But a police source said the matter had reached the command's
headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital, adding that the
commissioner of police had asked that the matter be investigated.
Firstclassnewsline.net