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Youths protest man's alleged killing by police in Badagry

 The youths in Badagry, Lagos State, on Friday violently protested the alleged killing of one Mr Joshua Sewuji by an unidentified policeman from the Badagry Police Division.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that protesters resorted to damaging and burning police posts and tyres on the roads to prevent easy movement around the town.
The protesting youths carried different placards some of which read: "Enough is Enough of This Police Brutality’’, "We Are Tired of Police Killing People’’ and "No More Extortion From the Police’’ among others.
NAN reports that some police traffic wardens were also assaulted by the irate youths.
It took the timely intervention of the Nigerian Army from Topo and Ibereko Barracks to prevent the violence from escalating.
Soldiers were placed at different strategic locations in the town to prevent further breakdown of law and order.
A NAN correspondent covering the protest learnt that the incident happened near the palace of the Akran of Badagry at about 10 p.m. on Thursday (Dec. 3).