Some trigger happy officers of the Nigeria Police this morning,
Tuesday, 6 November, allegedly shot dead a commercial motorcycle rider popularly
called Okada rider, at the Ilupeju by-pass area of Lagos state, Southwest
Nigeria for flouting the state Road Traffic Law.
The okada rider, whose identity is yet to be known, was said
to have been shot at 10.52 am on the chest by men of the Ilupeju Police Station
who immediately fled from the scene after the act.
He was rushed to Teju Hospital adjacent the scene of the
incident by passers-by but reportedly died before he could be treated.
