By our Reporter
A man was killed in the Ojota area of Lagos on Monday, as some ‘Yoruba Nation’ agitators held a rally.
A Yoruba Nation group had planned to hold a “Super Mega” rally in Ojota to continue their demand for a separate Yoruba country from south-west Nigeria.
The police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed that a yet-to-be-identified man lost his life in the unrest.
According to him: normalcy has returned to the area and people can go about their business without fear.
“Yoruba Nation agitators came out to disrupt normal activities and the police stepped in to prevent that,” he said via telephone.
He noted that the Yoruba Nation members did not inform the police that they were going to hold a rally.
According to a review of videos and photos of the incident watched by Sparklight News shared on social media, suggests that there was a clash between police and members of the group. However, the police said that there was no such thing.
Videos online also show teargas billowing into the air. Two trucks which appeared to belong to the police were also caught in flames.