One shot dead as workers protest Ibadan company’s refusal to increase wages

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One shot dead as workers protest Ibadan company’s refusal to increase wages

A casual worker in one of the manufacturing companies in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has been confirmed dead.

The casual worker whose identify has not been revealed died when the staff of the company protested over the non-increment of their salaries.

Waploaded gathered that the incident occurred on Monday.

Our correspondent learnt that the casual workers staged a protest over the company’s refusal to provide them with palliatives, and failure to increase wages.

The casual staff claimed that the Federal Government had last year directed the organized private sector to give their workers palliatives but the company failed to heed the directive.

The development prompted the employees to take to the streets in anger.

Waploaded gathered that the management of the company invited security agents to stop the protest, a move which was resisted by the angry workers.

However, in the process, a staff of the company was reportedly shot.

The worker, according to sources, died, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries.

Public Relations Officer of the Oyo State Police Command, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the incident on Tuesday.

He said that some suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.

He added that the Commissioner of Police had ordered that the case be taken up by the Homicide Department of the Criminal Investigation Department with the Deputy Commissioner of Police directly in charge of investigations.