Two people
were killed Friday when a vehicle crashed into a large crowd of Muslim
worshippers at the Eid-El Kabir prayer ground in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State.
A witness
said the driver lost control of the car and plowed into the crowd leaving
scores of other worshippers injured.
An angry mob
descended on the driver, who was rescued by policemen at the venue.
One of the
policemen, Joseph Adejuwon, was ironically mobbed to death as he fought to save
the driver.
At the time
of filing this report, the driver of the ill-fated vehicle had been arrested,
while the injured were taken to hospital.
The Ogun
State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told PREMIUM
TIMES the killed policeman was an orderly to a divisional police officer.
Mr. Oyeyemi
said investigation had commenced into the case.
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