Lady killed during Lagos ‘Yoruba Nation’ rally buried amid tears

The 25-year-old sales lady, Jumoke Oyeleke, killed by stray bullets during ‘Yoruba nation’ rally on July 3 at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, has been buried.

Oyeleke was laid to rest in Atan Cemetery amid tears in Yaba area of Lagos around 12am on Friday.

The Nation reports she was found dead in a pool of blood after police officers began firing shots and tear gas canisters into the air to disperse the protesters.

But the police denied responsibility for her death, saying its officers did not fire a single live bullet at the rally.

The family and sympathisers in July held a candlelight procession in her honour.

Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had also ordered investigation into her death.

At the sitting of the coronary inquest held at a Magistrate Court in Ogba, Ifeoluwa Oyeleke, the deceased’s mother and boss, appeared as witnesses.

Jumoke’s mother told the chief magistrate, M.K.O Fadeyi that she learnt of her daughter’s death while going home in a bus.

“While rushing back after the call, that same day, I was coming from Ikeja, I overheard passengers saying an innocent lady in her shop was gunned down by the police. I never knew it was my daughter,” she said.

The sitting was adjourned to September 6. (The Nation)