The police in Lagos have denied killing a 14-year old girl during the Yoruba Nation agitators protest in the Ojota area of the state on Saturday.
The agitators had insisted that it is time to have a separate nation for the Yoruba ethnic group because they are being marginalised.
It was reported that stray bullet hit a 14-year-old girl as policemen dispersed the protesters.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, declared that the officers did not fire a single live bullet during the demonstration.
He described “the rumour” a calculated attempt to create confusion and fear in the minds of the people.
Spokesman of the State police command said the police was not responsible for the teenager’s death as the corpse was found wrapped and abandoned at a distance, far from Ojota venue of the rally, behind MRS Filling Station, inward Maryland.
“The Command hereby wishes to debunk the rumour and state categorically that it’s a calculated attempt to create confusion and fear in the minds of the good people of Lagos State and the country at large,” the statement partly read.
“The Command did not fire a single live bullet at Ojota rally today. The said corpse was found wrapped and abandoned at a distance, far from the Ojota venue of the rally, behind MRS Filling Station, inward Maryland, on the other side of the venue, with dried blood stains suggesting that the corpse is not fresh.
“After a close look at the corpse, a wound suspected sustained from a sharp object was seen on it,” Adejobi said adding that investigation to unravel the incident will commence immediately and warned against “the spread or peddling of fake and unconfirmed stories”.
