Three men – Olamilekan Shokunbi, Shakiru
Oloyede and Jacob Sunday- are being interrogated at the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Yaba, over the death of two of their
neighbours.
The victims, identified simply as Malik
and Wale, were said to have been shot and later cut with machete on
August 5, 2013 in Bariga, Lagos State.
Two persons, Micheal and Samuel, were
said to have survived the attack which was allegedly perpetrated by
suspected members of the Eiye Confraternity.
Eyewitnesses told NNC on the condition of anonymity that the four boys were at the time, squatting in a room owned by Oloyede at Ebunoluwa Street.
The source said, “The boys already knew
they would be attacked that night but after waiting outside till 12
midnight, they gave up the watch and went to sleep. A few minutes after
3am, we were all awakened by gunshots.
“The cult boys stormed Oloyede’s room,
attacked Malik and Wale with matchetes and then shot them. Although
Micheal and Samuel were also shot, they survived the attack. It was only
Oloyede who escaped unhurt, although he claimed to be sleeping on the
floor beside Wale.”
When the shooting started, Shokunbi, a
bricklayer who also lives in the same compound as Oloyede, was said to
have immediately scampered for safety with his family behind the
building. Sunday, another neighbour, was also said to have joined
Shokunbi.
Both men were said to have emerged when
they heard Oloyede shouting for help. After moving the dead and injured
to a private hospital at Sungas where they were rejected, the men were
said to have called the Pedro and Bariga police divisions for help.
After being invited to the Bariga
Division to give their statements, Shokunbi and Oloyede were said to
have been detained and later transferred to the SCID.
The Lagos Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, could not be reached as her telephone rang
out, while text messages were not replied.
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