DESPITE assurances by Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Afeez Ringim, that his men and officers would ensure the safety of life and property as workers and citizens from all walks of life occupy streets across Nigeria to denounce the removal of fuel subsidies, some of his trigger-happy operatives open unprovoked gunfire at under-aged children in Lagos on the first day of the mass protests. The policemen allegedly moved in a convoy of three pick-up vans marked “Rapid-Response Squad” and reportedly opened fire at children who were playing soccer on abandoned roadway in Ogba, Ikeja. One of them, Ademola Aderinto, was hit and later died of injuries sustained, even as several of his colleagues were injured. The killing was allegedly carried out by one CSP Segun Fabunmi and Victor Okaf...
