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Breaking: Heavy shootings in Berger as Police, Agbero clash

By Salami Azeez

April 01, 2021

There was heavy shooting in Berger as the detachment of police Task Force and garage touts popularly referred to as Agbero engaged in fracas over alleged killing of one of them.

E247 reports that the police in order to dispatch the agbero fired live bullets which were repelled by the Agbero boys.

The Agbero boys in return destroyed the shed of the rapid bus transit in Berger in retaliation of the actions of the police.

Many commuters at the BRT bus shed were stranded as they complained about the incident that denied them boarding the buses.

An eyewitness said that many commuters ran for their lives taking shelter in a nearby buildings.

“We are standing here when we heard gun shots, we have to escape for our dear lives.

“We later got to know that it was a clash between the Agbero boys and the Police Task Force over the killing of one of their member.

“The ticketer for the BRT buses are no longer selling tickets to us because they are afraid,” he said.