Some suspected cultists believed to
be loyal to a political party invaded Adifase Street, Bariga, Lagos and hacked
Segun Atupa, an Okada rider to death. According to Punch, the hoodlums severed
the 28-year-old victim’s hand and fled with it.
The murder came less than two weeks after some political thugs killed two youths and beheaded one of them in the Fadeyi area of the state.
It was learnt that the victim was attacked in the area around 8pm on October 24. He was said to have been ambushed and hacked with machetes repeatedly by the hoodlums while going about his evening business.
After the brutal murder, the hoodlums dumped Segun’s body beside a canal on the street as they left.
It was also learnt that the deceased, who lived on Olusoji Street, Bariga, was
attacked because the hoodlums claimed that he was working as an informant for
rival political gangs in the area. A resident who wished to remain anonymous
for fear of reprisal said the hoodlums pursued Segun into the area and killed
him.The murder came less than two weeks after some political thugs killed two youths and beheaded one of them in the Fadeyi area of the state.
It was learnt that the victim was attacked in the area around 8pm on October 24. He was said to have been ambushed and hacked with machetes repeatedly by the hoodlums while going about his evening business.
After the brutal murder, the hoodlums dumped Segun’s body beside a canal on the street as they left.
He said:
“On Friday at about 8pm, we were all
outside enjoying the evening until we began to hear noises. That is not strange
in this area. But we also heard gunshots, and you could feel that some people
were running towards our street. Everyone was afraid and quickly rushed inside,
bolting their doors. From inside my house, I was hearing deep voices of ‘pursue
him and kill him’, ‘pursue him and kill him’. But no one could come out to check
who it was. When it was morning, we saw the corpse of a man already killed and
dumped in the canal.”
When news authorities visited
Segun's house, it was learnt that the motorcyclist’s wife had died from an
accident, only about two weeks ago, and he was still grieving her death.
Another resident, Mr. Jamiu Oluyomi, said attacks on innocent lives in the area by thugs working for political parties had become commonplace, urging the police to intensify security in the Bariga and Somolu areas of the state. He said:
Another resident, Mr. Jamiu Oluyomi, said attacks on innocent lives in the area by thugs working for political parties had become commonplace, urging the police to intensify security in the Bariga and Somolu areas of the state. He said:
“These thugs are not ghosts.
We know them, the police know them too. They use aliases such as Eyin Bouncing,
Ologun, Sean Paul, and Tolu T-boy.”
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