[size=14pt]Ekiti youths attack police station over girl’s killing[/size]
Written by Femi Makinde

Residents of Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Thursday protested against the alleged killing of a girl, identified as Tayo Abe, by a policeman.

The policeman was also said to have shot and injured two of Tayo Abe’s siblings identified as Adeniyi and Ayodeji while harvesting maize on their father’s farm on the outskirt of the town.

Our correspondent learnt that the three siblings were sent by their father to harvest maize on the farm when some policemen accosted them and opened fire on them without asking them any question.

Tayo was said to have died on the spot.

The shooting enraged youths in the town who marched to the police station demanding to know why Tayo was killed and others injured.

A source said the protest angered the policemen at the station who opened fire at the protesters, injuring six persons. Four persons were said to have been injured among the protesters while stray bullets hit two others.

One of those injured was the personal assistant to the monarch of the town, Taye Eyiola. He was said to have been shot on the leg while he and the monarch were appealing to the protesters to allow peace to reign.

Another victim, Seun Babatunde, was reportedly shot and injured while praying at a nearby mosque. A commercial motorcyclist identified as Segun Ogunmuase, was among those injured by stray bullet.

The shooting also angered the residents who vandalised part of the police station. No fewer than three patrol vans inside the police station were reportedly vandalised by the irate youths.

The monarch and some aides to Governor Kayode Fayemi, including the Chief Security Officer and the Senior Special Assistant on Internal Security, Mr. Deji Adesokan, succeeded in calming the youngsters.

The acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Victor Babayemi, confirmed to our correspondent on the telephone that there was violence at Ido on Thursday.

The PPRO said, "A woman was shot and killed under a suspicious circumstances and some youths in the town set part of the police station in the town ablaze but they were stopped before they could destroy the whole place.

"The policeman who fired the shot has been arrested and

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