Yoruba Nation: Coroner Inquest To Reveal Findings on Stray Bullet Misery
A coroner’s inquest into the death of Jumoke Oyeleke, the lady reportedly killed by a stray bullet during a rally in Lagos state, will today announce its verdict
On July 3, Yoruba Nation agitators converged on the Ojota area of Lagos to demand an independent state for the southwest region.
It was alleged that police shot into the air and used teargas to disperse the crowd and Jumoke, a 25-year-old salesgirl, was found dead.
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The police denied firing live bullets at the protesters and claimed that an examination of her body revealed stab wounds as the likely cause of her death.
But, an autopsy report from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital showed that Jumoke died from “hemopericardium”, that is, disruption to the heart and lungs and missile injury to the chest”.
Subsequently following the controversy surrounding the death, and the public outcry, the state government set up a coroner’s inquest to unravel the mystery behind the incident.
