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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters, has accused the Nigeria Police Force of trying to frustrate his family after his younger brother was shot dead in Edo state.<\/p>\n

Sowore raised the alarm in a post via his Facebook account on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He alleged that the Nigeria Police Force is charging them exorbitantly to \u201ddiscourage\u201d them from getting an autopsy for his murdered brother, Olajide Sowore.<\/p>\n

\u201dNigeria Police Force is trying to shake my family down by charging us exorbitantly to discourage us from getting an autopsy for my murdered brother, Olajide Sowore! Shame on Nigeria!\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Recall that Olajide was shot dead on Saturday in Edo State.<\/p>\n

The activist said he was shot and killed near Okada in Edo State by suspected herdsmen on his way from Igbinedion University, where he was studying Pharmacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara Reporters, has accused the Nigeria Police Force of trying to frustrate his family after his younger brother was shot dead in Edo state. Sowore raised the alarm in a post via his Facebook account on Wednesday. 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