Modebayo Awosika – In Memory Of Those Killed Illegally By The Nigerian Police
October 23, 2020
Modebayo Awosika, a Relationship Manager with First Bank of Nigeria Limited, was driving home in his SUV in the early hours of October 1, 2008, when he was shot in the head at Lekki first roundabout, Lekki in Lagos.
The Police set his car on fire and claimed he died from injuries he sustained when his vehicle hit a stationary police patrol vehicle but later admitted after an autopsy report revealed he died of s gunshot. In 2014, a Lagos High Court awarded the payment of N500 million in damages to his widow by the Police.
