EndSARS Protest Gets Bloody In Ibadan
EndSARS protest got out of control in Ibadan, www.inquisitiores.com gathered on Tuesday, 20th of October, 2020 that not fewer than 10 people (both the protesters and police officers) died.
According to one of the protesters, more than 10 protesters fell from police bullets during protest at Ojoo, Ibadan.
The effort of our reporters to make video recording and take pictures proved abortive as protesters refused all forms of recording or documentation. At a point when our reporters tried to bring out camera and other equipment to get some pictures and video, especially the police station that was set ablaze, the angry ones attacked them and destroyed their gadgets.
It took the intervention of some of the protesters who prevailed on them and pleaded they should see reason and cooperate with our reporters before they eventually agreed to speak with the reporters, strictly via audio/voice recorder only.
They later allowed pictures of the only available corpse and some wounded people who had already been taken to nearby hospital, Hamdalat hospital.
One of the protesters that was interviewed said, “This morning, police started shooting stray bullets and 10 of us were killed by them, others are injured and now at Hamdalat hospital as we speak. Although, soldiers passed here today but they didn’t interfere”.
Another protester, a woman explained further, “the Nigerian Police Force has brutalized the youth enough, we have been to Challenge and other places in Ibadan and we were about to set the stage here at Ojoo to address the people and remind them the protest should be a peaceful one.
“As some of us went to the other side to get benches that we would use, suddenly we heard police officers fired shots in the air and a young teenage boy was hit on the leg.
Meanwhile, the boy pleaded with them but an identified officer named Yemi fired at his chest and the young lad died immediately.
She added, “the poor boy had with him garri and groundnut which he intended to eat as breakfast, about 10 also lost their lives and others that suffered injury are presently at Hamdalat hospital,” she concluded.
When asked by our reporter, the possible solution, they all shouted on top of their voices, saying, “what we want right now is for Buhari to resign. We don’t want any leader that is older than Nigeria!. The youths should be given chances in govt parastatals, we are ready to give it what it takes and there is no going back, we want revolution”.
The police station at Ojoo in Ibadan was seen burning as at the time our reporter visited the place. Some other injured people were taken to hospital at Moniya, while those with terrible cases were referred to UCH for special treatment to safe their lives.
