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Some hoodlums have
invaded Iya Agan Street on Old Apapa Road in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos
State, killing a 23-year-old,
identified only as Dada.
PUNCH Metro learnt
that the hoodlums, who wielded guns and cutlasses, asked residents not to panic
while they slaughtered Dada, alias Ratio, saying they (hoodlums) did not come
for innocent lives.
The 23-year-old,
whose family members or address, had yet to be known, was killed around 5.30pm
on Friday in the area.
It was learnt that
anxious residents, however, contacted the vigilance group in the area, which in
turn contacted the Iponri Police Division.
It was gathered
that when policemen arrived at the scene, Dada’s corpse was recovered, but the
hoodlums had fled.
When PUNCH Metro
got to the street on Monday, some of the residents said they wanted to flee
when they heard the gunshots, but the hoodlums calmed them down, saying they
only trailed a rival member to the area, and they had no plan to unleash terror
on anyone.
A shop owner, who
gave his name only as Abimbola, said the attackers came in two tricycles,
otherwise known as Keke Marwa.
He said,the
gunshots did not have effect, they slaughtered him with a cutlass.”
A resident, who
declined to mention her name, said Dada was known to be moving with the
Fagbayimu Boys, adding that rival hoodlums, trailed him to the area.
She said, “Those
hoodlums had come on Tuesday to attack a shop owner and collected his phones
and money. So, when we saw them again on Friday, we were afraid. But they said
they knew the person they were looking for.
“Minutes later,
they found Dada and started shooting at him. There was a man who came to repair
his car at a mechanic workshop at that time, he left his car and climbed a
fence in fear. But the hoodlums continued to assure
people around the
scene that they should not run.
“ I do not know
the deceased’s family members, but he was usually seen with the Fagabayimu
Boys. When we told the man on the fence that the hoodlums had gone and he
should come down, he refused.”
One of the executives
of the vigilance group, Mr. Ishola Agbodemu, said one of the hoodlums,
identified only as Ayo, was caught on Saturday and handed over to the
Anti-Robbery Section of the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba.
He said, “The
hoodlums wanted to start reprisals in our area, but we brought out vigilance
group members to apprehend them. On Saturday, one of the suspects, Ayo, was
caught with weapons. They were actually three, but we caught one of them.
“He is at the
SDCI, and the police are interrogating him.”
The Police Public
Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,confirmed the killing.
She added that
investigation was ongoing into the incident.
Source: Punch Newspaper
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