A final year college student was killed during a clash between security operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team and suspected rice smugglers at Irosu Village near Badagry.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that Alade Oba, aged 18, was hit by a stray bullet and died immediately during the clash with JBPT comprising Customs, Army, and Immigration.
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The JBPT, which was established in the aftermath of the border closure of August 2019, is yet to be disbanded and it was gathered that the JBPT were on routine patrol at Irosu community near Sawa checkpoint around Owode-Apa border post in search of smuggled foreign rice, following a tip-off when some aggrieved youths, confronted the operatives, vowing that on no account should any security agent be allowed to enter their domain to carry out such operation.
However, in the ensuing fracas, the operatives started shooting into the air and in the process, one Alade Oba, an SS3 student of Kankon Secondary School, was hit by a stray bullet and died on the spot.
‘This resulted in a serious protest by the youths who mobilised and burn tyres, demanding the release of Oba’s corpse,‘ a source at the scene said.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the unrest prompted the Commanding Officer of 243 Recce Battalion, Ibereko, Badagry, Col. Nicholas Rume, to lead his men to the area to contain what could have degenerated into further loss of lives.
The deceased corpse was later released to the family for burial while soldiers were deployed to maintain peace in the area.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK