Witnesses say Police this morning shot an Okada operator in Lagos, Nigeria in an attempt to arrest the fleeing man and seize his motorcycle in a bid to enforce the new Lagos law, banning the operation of commercial motorcycling in certain areas of Lagos.According to an eye witness to this police brutality. The young man below was shot in the chest this morning around Ilupeju Byepass in Ilupeju by policemen from the Ilupeju Police Station who were chasing him and trying to seize his Okada.
The Okada guy was trying to escape arrest when one of the policemen chasing him shot him in the chest.
After the shooting, the policemen entered their van and sped off. Passersby then rushed the young man to Teju Hospital which is just adjacent to the where the incident happened.
The young man was eventually confirmed dead by medics in the hospital.
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