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 Nigerians and other African nationals numbering about 200 blocked the National Highway 17 on the outskirts of Goa capital in India today in protest of the death of a yet-to-be identified Nigerian. According to reports, the incident happened when a gang descended at Parra where many Nigerians stay - in four and two wheeler vehicles and attacked a small grouping of Nigerians with weapons.

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A number of the Nigerians were on bikes when they were attacked. One was hit with a dagger severally that he breathed his last, while five others were injured in the attack before the assailants fled from the scene.

Other Nigerians, who rushed to the location on hearing in regards to the ghastly murder, refused law enforcement to take your body for post mortem demanding that the assailtants be arrested first.  

“The body was being taken fully to the Goa Medical College morgue in an ambulance when a mob of Africans stopped it and pulled the corpse out at Porvorim,” a police official said. 

After removing the body from the van, the protesters dropped the corpse traveling demanding justice to be done – this generated huge traffic jam on the outskirts of the Goa capital. Meanwhile, as the situation turned volatile, two companies of police personnel were rushed to the location and a number of the protesters were arrested.

An operative of the Ogun State Vigilance Service, Liasu Oyedele, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a female student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta.

The 30-year-old vigilante officer was said to have committed the crime on Monday night at Alewenu village, adjacent the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) headquarters.

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It had been alleged that the suspect accosted the victim, an ND1 banking and finance student of MAPOLY, who had been on her way her way to a group reading session in preparation for the institution's second semester examination around Onikolobo, Abeokuta.

It had been gathered that the suspect was nabbed by passers-by and taken fully to the Ibara divisional police station, Abeokuta. The victim (name withheld) was said to have been taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention.

Following incident, students of the polytechnic staged a protest to office of the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The aggrieved students described the alleged ra*pe as “barbaric” and called on the state government to urgently bring the suspected vigilance officer to justice.

The coordinator of Child Protection Network, Mrs Peju Osoba, who addressed the students, appealed to them to stay calm, saying,

“It is an offense against the state and the Child Protection Network will ensure that justice is achieved,” she said.

The acting police public relations officer in the state, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest of the vigilante officer and said he could be used in the state police command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta for further investigation