A protest broke out in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Wednesday, August 18, after members of the Amotekun corp allegedly killed a 15-year-old boy.
Scores of angry youths in the capital city conveyed the corpse as they protested along the Agodi Secretariat Road.
The boy said to be a WAEC candidate and printer apprentice reportedly met his untimely death in the early hours of the day when he was sent to buy food from the nearby Sabo area of Ibadan.
According to BluePrint, sources said the boy was allegedly mistaken for an armed robber by the Amotekun men said to be on patrol.
The death of the boy has sparked off protest at Mokola area of Ibadan with youths numbering about 500, on the street burning tyres as well as chanting songs condemning the killing of one of them.
From Mokola, the protesting youths headed to the Oyo state government secretariat disrupting vehicular movement along Queen Elizabeth road, they then blocked the way leading to the University College Hospital (UCH) before matching to the government house with the corpse of the deceased placed on the roof of a tricycle asking Governor Seyi Makinde, to fish out the killer Amotekun corp.
At the secretariat, the protesters insisted on entering to lodge their grievances with the governor but were prevented as all gates leading into the place were hurriedly locked.
All the pleas by the executive assistant on security to governor Makinde CP Sunday Odukoya (rtd) to douse the tension failed as the protesters insisted that the governor should come out and attend to them before they could leave the secretariat.
The Oyo state police command has yet to issue an official statement in connection with the killing.