The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, through its Joint Campus Council, has mourned the de.ath of Akinyemi Omo Akin, a student of the Lagos State University of Education, who was k!lled during a violent clash between the Oto-Awori and Ijanikin communities
In a statement made available to Punch Metro on Sunday, the student body criticised the position of the Lagos State Police Command, which denied responsibility for the student’s death without presenting forensic evidence.
Findings by Punch correspondents, based on videos reviewed on Sunday, indicated that at least three other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries during the clash.
Punch Metro gathered that both communities share a long history of hostility. Although the immediate cause of Saturday’s violence remains unclear, the unrest led to heavy traffic along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway after the Otto–Ijanikin axis was blocked by the warring groups, disrupting movement for motorists and other road users.
An earlier statement issued on Saturday by the command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the de.ath of Omo Akin but denied that the police were responsible.
However, eyewitnesses and community sources alleged that the deceased d!ed from a stray bullet reportedly fired by police personnel.
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