Some gunmen have opened fire in Ikorodu, killing one lady and two others after their missed their target. Three streets at Odogunyan community in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have been plunged into mourning, following the death of three people.
Suspected cultists, who allegedly swooped on the three streets, killed three people after they couldn’t get the person they went for.
The three streets are Omo Jesu, Oyewunmi and Community. The cultists were said to have ridden into the communities on motorcycles and unleashed hell on the residents, leaving sorrow, tears and blood.
The cultists first went to Oyewunmi Street, hunting for a man identified as Jasper, alleged to be a member of Aiye Confraternity. Fortunately for Jasper, he had already left home before the arrival of the killer squad. Members of the squad, miffed at narrowly missing their target, vented their anger on residents, killing three people.
The three people killed were identified as Olatayo Adeyemi alias Ballo, Kemi and David. The killing spree occurred on May 13, at 9p.m., causing confusion and tension in the community.
One of the residents, Mrs. Felicia Njoku, described the murder of the three deceased as “a great disaster for every one of us.”
She said:
Njoku disclosed that for long, the community had been having cult-related issues. She called on government and security agents to beam their searchlights on Odogunyan community, stressing that everyone was now petrified of cult attacks and living in fear.
She noted:
Adeyemi’s distraught sister, Joy, said that her brother wouldn’t have been killed if there was power supply.
She said:
“His wife later told us that she saw the cultists on their motorcycles, when they were corking their gun. She couldn’t scream for help, not knowing that it was the same gun that would kill her husband. His children have been asking for their father. Since the incident, the wife has not been able to sleep. She has been weeping every day. I’m using the opportunity to call on the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Muazu Zubairu, to fish out the killers of my brother.”
A witness said the cultists started operation from Oyewunmi Street about 8.30p.m., before moving to other streets. At Oyewunmi Street, the marauding cultists snatched a phone and money from a lady identified as Kemi and eventually shot her to death. They then proceeded to Community Street where Adeyemi was killed.
A resident of Oyewunmi Street, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said:
When our correspondent tried to locate and speak with Kemi’s parents, residents said that they had gone to stay with their first son.
However, Kemi’s younger brother was at home. When he tried to speak about the murder of his sister, he became very emotional. He also refused to disclose his name.
He said:
“I heard my sister was not the only person killed on that day. I learnt two other persons were killed at Community and Omo Jesu streets. We are law-abiding citizens; we don’t want to take laws into our hands. We know what to do. It is a big loss for us. We want adequate security in our community.”
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