A final year student of Lagos State
Polytechnic, Ibrahim Oluwaseun, 26, has
been killed by suspected cult members
at his parents’ home in Somolu area of
Lagos. The deceased, a student of
Business Administration, was said to
have been preparing to defend his final
year project this week when he was
Our correspondent also gathered that
the deceased was sitting with his
mother outside their home on New
Balogun street, when he was shot
around 9pm.
An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity,
said the gunmen were about seven.
He said, “They were seven in number;
they came to the area fully armed. All
those guys were strangers to us but
have been coming to the area for some
time now. Nobody knew exactly what
they were up to.
“That night, they confronted the boys in
the area with guns and immediately
people saw them, they ran for their
lives.
“They shot at Oluwaseun who was with
his mum outside their house. It wasn’t
as if Oluwaseun was involved in any
fight. He fell into the gutter
immediately he was shot, just as
everybody tried running for cover.”
PUNCH Metro gathered that in the
ensuing confusion, neither of
Oluwaseun’s neighbours nor relatives,
witnessed his fall into the gutter. It
wasn’t until after the confusion had
subsided that residents allegedly
observed that Oluwaseun was nowhere
to be found.
Another source told PUNCH Metro that
the Divisional Police Officer, Somolu
Station, responding to a distress call on
the shooting, drafted some patrol teams
to the area.
He said, “Two patrol vehicles were sent
to the area but even while the police
patrolled the streets, no one noticed
that Oluwaseun was in the gutter.
Perhaps he might have survived the
shooting if he had been discovered on
time.”
Oluwaseun was said to have been
discovered, few minutes after the
shooting; by then, he was already dead.
His corpse was said to have been
recovered from the gutter by the police
and taken to the Gbagada General
Hospital, where he was confirmed dead.
When our correspondent visited the
scene a day after the incident, there
was an uneasy calm on the street;
shops were under lock and key.
While a candlelight procession was held
in the deceased’s honour on Saturday,
there were fears among residents of
more attacks. At the Oluwaseuns’
residence, visitors poured in to condole
with the deceased’s family and pay
tribute to his memory. His distraught
mother was said to be unavailable for
comments.
However, a close friend of the family,
Alhaja Modupeola Kazeem, described
Oluwaseun as gentle and an easygoing
young man.
Kazeem said, “I was shocked on hearing
the news because I am like a second
mother to him. I was one of the people
who brought him up; he was a cheerful
person who never made trouble. We
were all surprised how those guys just
came and shot at him without any
provocation. Ibrahim was just a victim;
he was never part of any bad group.”
She added that Oluwaseun had been
buried on Saturday in accordance with
Muslim rites.
The Deputy Police Public Relations
Officer, Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the
incident to our reporter on the
telephone. He said, “There was indeed
an incident on Friday night in which
some suspected cultists shot one
Oluwaseun in Somolu. Police
immediately swung into action. They
saw him lying down and he was rushed
to the hospital where he died. We are
investigating the case to ensure we
bring the culprits to book.”
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