#EndSARS: Youth Minister, Ogbomoso Monarch escape death as angry protesters invade palace, three shot dead
Three people, including a teenager, have been shot dead and many others critically wounded after police and soldiers opened fire on protesters in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
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The protesters were shot after they stormed the palace of Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi to demand an explanation from the monarch over his failure to condemn the police’s killing of a 20-year-old protester, Jimoh Isiaq, on Saturday.
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The protesters disrupted a meeting between the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare and Oba Oyewumi.
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Security operatives had to rescue the minister, the monarch, and other chiefs who were at the meeting.
While confirming the report, the minister lamented that the hoodlums destroyed properties in the palace.
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He tweeted, “Ogbomoso- Hoodlums, thugs and miscreants disrupt stakeholders meeting in Soun’s palace now -invading, stoning and breaking doors, glasses. Soun, myself, and council chiefs were scurried into safety by the police and Department of State Services.
“The hoodlums broke into the palace and destroyed chairs, overturned tables, broke windows. These were not youth or Students. These were miscreants and thugs who saw a window of opportunity in the protest which (was) since abated. Thankfully, Soun, the chiefs, leaders of Parapo are safe.”
The minister wondered why the Soun’s palace was attacked, saying that peace had been restored.
He added, “Ogbomoso youths are law-abiding. But hoodlums have taken over. A combined team of operation Burst from Ibadan and a unit from Iliorin are now on ground in Ogbomoso to help keep the peace, protect the peaceful and innocent and also stop criminal elements. Soun of Ogbomosho yesterday and today personally appealed to this group to stop the violence.”
Ogbomoso has been in the news since Saturday afternoon when an #EndSARS campaigner, Jimoh Isiaq, was allegedly shot dead by the police.
