By our reporter| Two police officers were on Thursday burnt alive by suspected hoodlums in Abayomi area of Iwo road in Ibadan, Oyo state.
According to eyewitness account, the youths chased the policemen from the New Gbagi market area, alleging that the police van had hit a commercial motorcyclist.
They eventually caught up with the policemen when they could not drive further because of a barricade formed by #EndSARS protesters.
“The youth chased the three policemen in their van from Gbagi to Abayomi area of Iwo road, dragged them from the vehicle and beat them up. One of them escaped but the other two were eventually burnt by the youths with their van,” he said.
To avoid the spread of the violence, the Oyo State Government deployed the Operation Burst team consisting of soldiers, police officers and officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to the area.
The governor later in the day visited the scene of the incident and appealed for calm.
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