Angry Youths Riot In Ondo State Over Mimiko's Annual Carnival

Young people in Akure, Ondo State took to the street to protest cancelation of their annual festival by Governor Olusegun Mimiko over what they described as flimsy excuses by the governor.

The rioting started after heavily armed anti-riot police chased the youth from two venues where they had converged for the carnival.

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