Yoruba Nation: Lagos Police Charges “Ogboni Chief” For Jumoke Oyeleke’s Murder

Tajudeen Bakare, a Yoruba Nation agitator, has been indicted in the murder of a sachet water hawker, Jumoke Oyeleke.

Bakare is among the 48 Yoruba Nation protesters arrested by the police during the Yoruba self-determination protest held on July 3 in Ojota, Lagos.

The sachet water seller reportedly died from a stray bullet in the melee that typified the protest.

The 48 protesters who were arrested on the same day were charged before a Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu.

A statement signed by the Communications Manager, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Maxwell Adeleye disclosed that Bakare is still in police custody and his case has been transferred to the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) for further advice.

The statement read, “The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, has charged the 48 Yoruba Nation Protesters arrested on Saturday 3rd July 2021 in Ojota, Lagos before a Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba.

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“They were charged for Unlawful Assembly, Unlawful Society and Conducts likely to cause breach of Public Peace.

“However, one of the arrested protesters, Tajudeen Bakare (the popular Ogboni Chief) was charged by the Police for the murder of a Sachet Water Hawker, Jumoke Oyeleke, killed by a stray bullet during the protest.

“The bail granted to all the Protesters was upheld by the Court but that of Bakare was revoked. The Court refers Bakare’s case to the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) for further advice.”

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