The Osun State correspondent of The Nation Newspaper, Toba Adedeji and a yet-to-be-identified female student have been shot at by an officer of the Nigeria Police.
The incident happened during a shoot out with protesters in Osogbo on Tuesday.
It was gathered that, Toba was shot at the leg while the other lady was shot at the thigh.
They have been rushed to the emergency unit of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital
The police were engaging with the aggrieved friends of a police brutality victim at Olaiya Flyover when the whole scene degenerated.
The attack on the Osun Correspondent of The Nation Newspapers is coming barely a week after the Police also attacked, harassed and beat up the Oyo State Correspondent of the same paper, Yinka Adeniran.
Newsmen report that Adeniran, who was attached to the Oyo Governor’s Office was tear-gassed directly in his eyes, nose and mouth after his cloths were torn.
He also suffered some injuries during the attacked at the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Primary which held at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan last week Wednesday.