Police shoot one in Ekiti as APC rally turns violent

A few weeks before the Presidential and National Assembly elections, a police stray bullet hit one person after violence broke out at a rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti.

Newsflash Nigeria learned that the incident occurred on Monday, January 30 at Ikoro Ekiti, in the Ijero Local Government Area of the state.

According to the report, the Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, had led other candidates seeking various elective positions in the forthcoming election in the zone to Ikoro for the rally.

Trouble started when the lawmaker and those in his entourage were leaving the town.

The eyewitness said some motorcyclists, also known as Okada riders, who had accompanied the convoy to various wards in the town blocked the convoy to demand money.

The attitude of the Okada riders was said to have infuriated police officers attached to the convoy who shot sporadically into the air to disperse the crowd.

A bullet hit the ankle of a young girl identified as Yemisi.

The girl was seen being rushed to the hospital in several videos shown on social media but Newsflash Nigeria is yet to confirm maybe she died or not at the time of filling this report.

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