A crisis broke out in Ifon Community, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State as some youths staged a protest against the death of a man simply identified as Tobi in the police station in the town.
PUNCH Metro gathered on Sunday that two youth groups in the community fought among themselves during last Friday’s Valentine’s Day, leading to the police arresting the deceased and one other but friends of the deceased were said to have got the information that he had died in the police custody on Saturday morning.
Angered by the development, the youths were said to have stormed the Divisional Police Station, on Saturday, chased out the policemen on duty and burnt down the station. It was also learnt that the angry youths went to the residence of the person who reported the case to the police and also razed down his house.