The 30-year-old native of Imosan, Ogun
State, said to be a member of the Oodua People’s Congress, was employed
as a security guard by the residents of Banji Lawal.
An eyewitness, Segun Olawaiye, who also work as a security man on the street with the deceased, told NNC that they had closed for the day on Wednesday when they were accosted by six armed men.
Olawaiye said, ‘’We were just leaving
work about 5.30am for our respective homes when we saw six boys marching
towards our direction. When they noticed we were the security men, one
of them brought out a gun and fired at us; I was lucky to escape, but
Lawal, unfortunately, was hit.”
Some other people on the road at the
time of the incident were said to have fled for safety. After firing
more shots, the gunmen were said to have eventually left.
Olawaiye said, “When I called for help,
our supervisors came and took Ahmed to the General Hospital, Gbagada.
Ahmed was bleeding profusely from his head and other parts of his body
where he had sustained gunshot injuries.
“Unfortunately, Ahmed was not at the
hospital because they were on strike. We equally tried the General
Hospital Somolu without success. It was while we were on our way to the
Lagos University Teaching Hospital that Ahmed died. His corpse was also
rejected at LUTH because he was brought in dead.’’
NNC gathered that Ahmed’s remains had been taken to his home town for burial.
There was no response from the Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide as she did not
respond to telephone calls and text messages.
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