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DEATH BY STRAY BULLET! Irate youths set SARS office ablaze in Iwo over killing of Polytechnic student
The office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Iwo, Osun State has been set on fire by irate youths after a student of the Polytechnic Iree was killed by stray bullet.
Wuzup Naija had reported that Nafiu Babatunde Ayodele was killed by a stray bullet recklessly fired by one SARS officer, identified as Gbadamosi Lukman.
The angry youth have brought down the buildings inside the Iwo Area Police Command which houses the SARS office and have set it on fire.
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The attempt by the monarch of the town, Oba Akanbi, to pacify them was met with stiff resistance.
The incident happened during the annual Sallah Fest around Ajangbala area of the ancient two.
Ayodele had reportedly left his base at Oluponna to attend the event.
However, towards the end of the Festival, while waiting at the junction for a bike man to take him home, he was hit by a bullet.
The SARS operatives were said to have stormed the event and started shooting sporadically, then later fled the scene.
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