Tears Flow As Remo Stars Player Is Laid To Rest

Emotion ran high on Thursday as the remains of the Remo Stars Football Club ’s Assistant Captain and defender , Kazeem Tiamiyu, were finally laid to rest in his family house in Ajaka , Sagamu , Ogun State .

Kazeem , popularly called Kaka, was buried six days after he was allegedly killed by operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad .

The deceased ’s body was taken from the morgue of the General Hospital , Owode , Sagamu , where he it was deposited after he was crushed by an unknown vehicle on the Abeokuta -Sagamu Expressway.

Islamic religious leaders led other mourners in prayer , after which his body was committed to Mother Earth.

Residents , who spoke with our correspondent , described Kazeem as a humble and morally upright person before his demise .

It was gathered that the body of the deceased was released following the plea of his father , Fasasi Tiamiyu, for burial.

The Ogun State House of Assembly had earlier in the day condemned Kazeem ’s killing by the SARS operatives .

The Speaker of the assembly, Olakunle Oluomo , made the condemnation during plenary held at the Legislature ’s Complex , Oke -Mosan , Abeokuta .

Oluomo urged the state police command to caution its men to be more civil in the discharge of their duty of securing lives and property of residents .

He asked the command to set up machinery for monitoring its officers and men to prevent human rights abuse during security operations .

He commended the timely intervention of Governor Dapo Abiodun , the Inspector - General of Police and the Assistant Inspector -General of Police in the Zone 2 for their swift response to the incident .

Meanwhile , the command has said its personnel did not vandalise the Tiamiyu’s Lexus car .

The police said the car was intact when it released it was released to the deceased ’s family members on Wednesday in the presence of the Deputy Inspector - General of police in charge of the South -West , Peter Ogunyanwo .

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state , Abimbola Oyeyemi , made the denial in a rejoinder on Thursday.

Oyeyemi was reacting to the deceased ’s father , Fasasi Tiamiyu, who claimed that the car had been vandalised as “the gear is not working again and some parts of the car are missing"