The young man identified as Bidemi who was allegedly chased by Police Personnel in mufti, into a canal a canal, seizing his personal effects has been confirmed dead.
@ogunmusi posted the update on his X timeline stating: “He’s Dead. He died. It’s time people start taking matters into their hands. Nobody is coming to save you. Nobody.”
Recall In a post and video posted by @Omorhemi on the X, a close person to the family of the young man, she narrated that Bidemi who had been on a bike was stopped by the alleged officers in mufti and concluded that he was an internet fraudster (yahoo boy) because of the tattoo on his body.
The victim explained that he wasn’t a criminal, tried to escape for his life when it was being threatened with a gun but unfortunately the alleged personnel chased him relentlessly till he fell into a canal, took away his personal effect, cash inclusive.
Her post read: “Yesterday morning, police chased my friend’s husband till he fell into the canal, they took his slippers and money that fell and left when people started shouting. This happened at federal bus stop, Ipaja Ayobo axis.
“The officers were on mufti, they stopped him on bike, the bike man left. They searched him insisting he is a yahoo boy cos of his tattoos and started cocking their guns that they will shoot him, he started moving away saying he’s not and they started following him till he ran.” She added
Bidemi was pulled out unconscious from the canal while @Omorhemi confirmed that he was breathing with the help of an oxygen at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital.
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