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An aide of the embattled Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, simply identified as Kokoro on Saturday killed by motor park touts during a violent attack on his supporters.
Lead counsel to Igboho, Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN), disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday evening.
The deceased was said to have been killed at Soka area of Ibadan at about 3pm on Saturday as a confrontation between Igboho’s supporters and the motor park touts escalated.
The fracas was said to have been triggered by some touts who accosted an Igboho supporter who wore a shirt on which Igboho’s picture was printed. The hoodlums were said to have confronted the man, querying him for wearing the customised Igboho shirt.
It was learnt that the incident occurred in the morning.
By early afternoon, the two groups were said to have clashed, leading to Kokoro’ s murder. His real name could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this repory.
“Yes, the boys told me that they were attacked today, and that one of them nicknamed Kokoro was killed,” Alliyu said.
Oyo Statw Police Command spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso, was unavailable for comment.