Suspected Cultists Murder LASPOTECH Student

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 killed on Friday night.
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.”