Footballer Was Pushed To Death By SARS Officers – Remo Stars

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Remo Stars Football Club has accused an officer of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ogun State, of allegedly pushing down one of its players, Tiyamu Kazeem, (popularly known as Kaka) from their van onto a speeding car.

The police has, however, countered saying that the player was arrested for wearing a military cap and was crushed to death by an oncoming vehicle while trying to escape.

The club, in a statement, on Saturday, signed by its Media Officer, Dimeji Oshode, noted that some SARS officials arrested the player and labelled him as internet fraudster (Yahoo Boy).

The player was said to have been rushed to Fakoya Hospital in Sagamu.

The club statement read:  “The SARS officers stopped Tiyamiyu Kazeem insisting that he was a Yahoo Boy. He brought out his identity card to identify himself as a player of Remo Stars FC but the officer insisted on taking him to the nearest police station in Sagamu.

“Kazeem and Sanni followed the SARS officers, only for them to notice that they (the SARS men) were driving towards Sagamu-Abeokuta Expressway. The guys asked to know where the SARS officers were taking them to, but this prompted them to stop the car and pushed Kazeem out of the car, and an unknown vehicle knocked him down.

However, the police through its public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, noted that the player was arrested for allegedly wearing a military cap and was being taken to the ZIS office in Obada in a police operational vehicle.

Oyeyemi added that the player escaped from the van and was crushed to death by an oncoming vehicle while he was crossing to the other side of the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway.

He said, “The fact of the matter is that an Inspector of police from ZIS went to arrest the deceased for putting on a military cap.

“On their way to Abeokuta, the vehicle developed a mechanical fault and while trying to rectify it, the man jumped down and took to his heels. While crossing the road, a fast moving, oncoming vehicle crushed him to death.”

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