Adedeji, the state correspondent of The Nation Newspaper was shot alongside a teenager at the Olaiya area by lawless officers who wanted to disperse a grieving crowd.

The crowd was said to have converged on the Olaiya bridge to mourn the passage of a technician, Abiola Afolabi, who was shot in the leg by policemen at his friend’s house in the early hours of Monday, April 4, 2022.

The officers who were from Housing Estate Police Station, Ring Road allegedly shot the deceased in the presence of his girlfriend.

Afolabi was buried today and his friends held a rally to mourn him.