While vehicles queued to buy fuel at Total
Petrol Station on Kano Street, in the Oyingbo
area of Lagos State, some hoodlums stormed
the area, dragged away a man, identified only
as Sijuade, and slit his throat.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Sijuade, an upholstery
artisan, was stabbed in the eyes before the
hoodlums killed him.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident
occurred on Friday at about 6am.
It was gathered that Sijuade had come with
some friends to the filling station to buy fuel in
jerrycans. The hoodlums, however, killed him.
It was learnt that two days after the killing,
some gunmen on Sunday stormed Ondo Street
by Cemetery Junction, waylaid another young
man, identified only as Toheeb, and shot him
dead.
The attack was said to have caused panic in
the area, forcing residents to lock their doors.
Residents said the two killings were reported at
the Denton Police Division, adding that the
attackers had yet to be arrested.
When our correspondent visited Kano Street on
Monday, he learnt that Sijuade’s corpse had
been deposited by the police in a morgue.
A resident on Coates Street, who gave his
name as Oyela Sodiq, said the deceased’s elder
brother, identified only as Ibikunle, rushed him
to a hospital where the youth was confirmed
dead.
Sodiq added that Sijuade, although a street boy,
was a peace-loving resident, who had not had
an altercation with any hoodlum in the past.
He said, “It was around 6am on Friday. The guy
was well known, and as a street boy, he used
his influence to help motorists get fuel.
The
hoodlums, who might have been on a reprisal,
bundled him out of the station.
“After a few metres, they began to stab him in
the head before they cut his throat.
When
people saw the young man lying in a pool of
blood, they called his elder brother.
“His brother brought a tricycle and they rushed
him to a hospital. Sadly, he did not survive it.
The matter was reported to the police at
Denton. No one was arrested on that day.”
When PUNCH Metro got to Ondo Street by
Cemetery junction, a witness, Sikiru Ibrahim,
said the gunmen who killed Toheeb on Sunday
came in a car.
Ibrahim added that some shop owners and
residents were also injured by stray bullets and
were receiving treatment in a hospital.
He said, “Toheeb’s mother sells bean cake
(akara) at Coates Junction. He was a well
known young man in the area. On Sunday,
around 10pm, he was sitting down with his
friends at a shop when a car drove towards
them, and some people opened fire on them.
“While others sustained bullet injuries, Toheeb
died. Everyone fled into their houses.
The
operation happened within minutes.
“The police later came to remove the corpse.
The mother had not been stable since that
incident.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the deaths.
She added that the police had intensified
patrols in the area while efforts were on to nab
the killers.
She said, “I confirm a reprisal attack that led to
the loss of two lives. Right now, the area is
calm.
“The Commissioner of Police has ordered an
intense patrol of the area. Effort is also on to
track the fleeing suspects.”
Source: punchng
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