Police arrest cow, chairs, as boy, 13, dies in Ota carnival violence

There was tension at the Oruba quarters in Ota, Ogun State, Saturday morning, as a 13-year-old-boy was stabbed to death during a carnival which turned violent.
Several people, including old women and men have been arrested by the Sango Ota divisional police station in connection with the incident.

There was, however, a mild drama as policemen also arrested the cow and chairs bought for the carnival.
An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said that the problem started on Friday night when Oruba youths organised a pre-carnival before the Saturday event.
Trouble started when a street urchin in the area, accused a 13-year-old boy of stepping on his feet.
The deceased, identified as Azeez, had hardly said a word when the urchin allegedly broke a bottle, stabbed him in the neck and ran away.

The incident brought a temporary halt to the carnival as the reveller tried to assist the injured boy who died on a bike on the way to the hospital.
Sunday Tribune gathered that the boy, who, last week, lost his younger brother, would have survived the injury but for the pieces of broken bottle that were lodged in his neck.
Policemen on Saturday morning invaded the carnival venue and arrested scores of people, including youths, women and others.
The policemen, however, created a scene when they untied the cow meant for the carnival and took it to Sango police station, as well as plastic chairs rented for the event.
A source at Sango police station confirmed the incident and added that “some” people had been arrested in connection with the incident.
The police source, however, denied that the cow was arrested, but admitted that it was taken away from Oruba in a patrol van to prevent further clash between youths in the area.
Efforts to get the reaction of the state police image maker , Muyiwa Adejobi, were futile as text messages sent to him were not answered just as calls were not returned.

Posted: at 28-04-2013 09:14 AM (11 years ago) | Hero

Hungry police

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Posted: at 28-04-2013 11:06 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

@poster u are an A*#S, i meanwhile this story is not true, i don't believe it, because u didn't use the right English words, instead of u saying Police held the cow and chair owners, u are saying  they arrested a chair and a cow.... man tells us true, we need a genuine news in this site with source

Posted: at 28-04-2013 11:41 AM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

@kelvin  the poster is an idiot

Posted: at 28-04-2013 11:46 AM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

 

Posted: at 28-04-2013 12:46 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero

na the admin not the poster... But I wonder ooo

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Posted: at 28-04-2013 12:59 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero

NIGERIA & Ethnicity...phyuk U ALL...Una too complain!

Posted: at 28-04-2013 01:10 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

na una own worst self, if to say na mohammed something be this, by now we 4 don dey hear how many opposition wey don die for street killed by the mohammed followers. 

Posted: at 28-04-2013 01:20 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Na police go chop the cow

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Posted: at 28-04-2013 01:31 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

See wayray , must u mention tribe?

Posted: at 28-04-2013 02:19 PM (11 years ago) | Hero