Violence in Ojoku over Escape of Murder Suspect from Police

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rfPLdiCeXj5Cvpka_wSy93ymwmoQEKkw9NJC56lzX7TRccfi8lCHUWy7o22xPoFbjUTS0EHjVbuKn8fazr_z-CsTG12Kp3-PapNLqQ-6l51krC2g4YDI6Scjm1rJtmhYr5HBxvFRFgXi/s1600/Screenshot_20181022-073228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="715" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rfPLdiCeXj5Cvpka_wSy93ymwmoQEKkw9NJC56lzX7TRccfi8lCHUWy7o22xPoFbjUTS0EHjVbuKn8fazr_z-CsTG12Kp3-PapNLqQ-6l51krC2g4YDI6Scjm1rJtmhYr5HBxvFRFgXi/s320/Screenshot_20181022-073228.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <i><b>Ilorin</b></i><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Violence has again broken out in Ojoku in the Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State over an alleged "escape" of a murder suspect from police custody.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to information reaching <b><i>tnn</i></b>, a youth leader and politician in the community who was among suspects arrested by the police in February over the political violence in which two people were killed was said to have escaped from police custody and was nowhere to be found. A reliable source informed <b><i>tnn</i></b> that they learned that Olatunji Usman has escaped from police custody and his whereabouts could not be known.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Recall that Usman was among suspects arrested by the police after the political violence of February 20 in which two people said to be members of the APC were killed, many others injured and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed. </div> <br /> <b>(Read: <a href="https://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2019/02/kwara-politics-2-killed-scores-injured.html" target="_blank">Kwara Politics: 2 Killed, Scores Injured, Arrests Made</a>)</b><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Youths in the community, mostly suspected to be members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), embarked on what started like a peaceful protest to the palace of the traditional ruler of the community to register their displeasure over the unconfirmed reports that Usman had escaped from the police. Trouble, however, started when another group said to be mostly of members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Part (PDP) staged a counter protest to denounce the allege escape of Usman from the police.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As the violent raged, Usman's wife, Shakirat was said to have taken to her heels when it became obvious that the anti-Usman group was heading to her house. As at the time of filing this report, the whereabouts of Shakirat were unknown.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, efforts of our correspondent to confirm the development have not yielded any results as calls to the mobile number of the Force PRO in Kwara indicated the phone was switched off.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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Violence in Ojoku over Escape of Murder Suspect from Police

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