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#EndSARS: Chaos In Ibadan As Irate Youth Set Police Station Ablaze

Some angry persons in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, on Tuesday set fire to Ojoo Police Station.

According to an eye witness, trouble started after the police attempted to disperse a crowd of protesters.

Suspected hoodlums in the crowd were said to have pelted them with stones after which the police reportedly opened fire.

The angry mob was said to have outnumbered the policemen who beat a retreat before the aggrieved persons broke into the station and set it on fire.

Many vehicles inside the station were also set ablaze.

Violence has disrupted the #EndSARS protests in different parts of the country.

The Lagos and Edo state governments have declared 24 hours curfew to check unrest.

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