Lagos State Governor, Babjide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered an immediate and thorough investigation into the death of a teenage girl allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba nation rally in Ojota area of the state.
The girl simply identified as Jumoke Monsurat Oyeleke was allegedly killed by a stray bullet when policemen deployed to Ikorodu Road and other strategic areas in the state fired gunshots to disperse the crowd that gathered at Gani Fawehinmi’s Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos, venue of the rally.
Until her death, the girl was a sales apprentice at an ice cream shop along the Ikorodu Road in Lagos.
The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said a coroner’s inquest has immediately been requested in line with Section 14 and 15 of the Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos State 2015, to determine the cause and circumstances of the girl’s death.
The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to the death of a 14-year-old girl in Ojota during the Oodua Republic Mega Rally on Saturday, 3rd of July, 2021.
“We commiserate with the family of the deceased. The Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered a thorough investigation of the death.