A journalist with The Nation’s newspaper, Toba Adedeji, has been shot while covering a prote66st in Osogbo, Osun state capital.
The protesters, who are mostly youths, gathered under Olaiya flyover, protesting alleged killing of their colleague by policemen after burying the body in Ilesa.
While covering the protest under the bridge, a team of police arrived the scene and started firing tear gas, while some were shooting live bullets at the protesters.
In the process, Toba was shot on the thigh, while another person, a student, was also hit but Toba is currently being treated at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.
