Commercial motorcycle operators on Tuesday evening staged a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital, over alleged shooting of a motorbike rider by a policeman.
Eyewitnesses said the policeman shot the motorcyclist identified as Saheed Olabomi at popular Oke Onitea junction in Osogbo.
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The victim was rushed to Osun State University Teaching Hospital for treatment.
An eyewitness, Mustapha Asiru, said the incident started with a crisis between the police officers and some tipper drivers.
He said after the crisis got to its climax, police officers started shooting and the bullet hit Olabomi.
“What happened was that police officers and some drivers were fighting and the officers started shooting. Olabomi was hit on his cheek and was on the floor for several minutes before we brought him to the hospital”.
When information filtered that the motorcyclist died at the hospital, his colleagues took to the street in protest.
]One of the relatives of the victims said he has not died and that he was responding to treatment at the hospital.
He said some individuals misinformed people that the victim died.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Wale Olokode, told Daily Trust that the matter would be thoroughly investigated.
