Kazeem Tiamiyu, Remo Stars football club player, who was killed by an officer of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), attached to Zone 2, Lagos and Ogun zonal command, has been buried.
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Tiamiyu was buried on Thursday in his family house in Ajaka, Sagamu, Ogun State.
The late Remo Stars’ assistant captain allegedly died after he was crushed by an oncoming vehicle along Sagamu-Abeokuta expressway last weekend.
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Olaniyi Ogunsoro, a SARS officer was said to have pushed the deceased footballer out of a Toyota Siena he was being conveyed to a police station, after he was arrested on suspicion of being involved in internet fraud.
However, police in the state insisted that the incident occurred as the player was attempting to escape from the vehicle.
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Ogunsoro has since been dismissed from service, following the uproar that trailed the tragedy.
The slain Remo Stars Football Club’s Assistant Captain and Defender, Kazeem Tiyamiyu, who is popularly known Kaka, has been finally laid to rest in his family house in Ajaka, Sagamu, Ogun State.
Kaka, who was allegedly killed by an officer of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS attached to the Zone 2, Lagos and Ogun zonal command of the police divisional headquarters was buried according to Islamic rites.
It will be recalled that members of the public, especially the people of Sagamu, had on Monday, staged a protest to express their grievances over the sudden death of the young star.
Recall also that officials of the Ogun State government including the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun and some high ranking officers in the Nigeria Police Force has paid a condolence visit to the family of the deceased.
