Ifeoluwa Oyeleke, the mother of a 14-year-old girl, Jumoke Monsurat, who was killed during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on Saturday, says she has yet to see the corpse of her child. She added that the policemen also threatened to fire a teargas canister at them. This was shortly after policemen had opened fire to disperse those at the rally who were agitating for a separate nation for the Yoruba nation. Speaking further, Ifeoluwa revealed that Jumoke was an apprentice at an ice cream shop and had just concluded Junior Secondary School education. Her dad is dead,” she said; adding, “Jumoke was a good girl who hardly got annoyed; she was hard working.

Source: Punch July 04, 2021 17:03 UTC