The Lagos State Police Command is presently searching for an unidentified man who allegedly shot one Kayode Oloruntoba in the stomach over shawarma in the Alagbado area of Lagos State a few days ago.
According to Punch, the incident took place after Oloruntoba’s friend, Kazeem Okikiola, went to Avid Bar at Alagbodo and got into an argument with another customer over who was to be served first.
The occurrence degenerated into a physical confrontation and angered, the suspect left the area, got into his car, and drove away.
A few minutes later, Oloruntoba met Okikiola at the place and while they waited for the shawarma, the suspect returned, brandishing a gun, and shot in the direction of the two friends.
The bullet hit Oloruntoba in the stomach and the suspect immediately fled the scene.
A resident who gave his name as Chinedu revealed that the suspect mistakenly fired the shot at Oloruntoba who never met him or had the argument with him.
“He actually thought he shot the person (Okikiola) he argued with. Unfortunately, the bullet hit the wrong person. Immediately, the suspect got back into his car and drove away”, he said.
Another resident, Seyifunmi Akinola, said that a native doctor helped in removing the bullet from the body of the victim and that he died while being rushed to the hospital for further treatment.
Seyifunmi said:
“Immediately the incident happened, his friends rushed him to the Merit Hospital where he was rejected because there was no police report. He was later referred to the General Hospital, Otta, Ogun State, where he was cleaned up and transferred to the General Hospital in Abeokuta.
But instead of taking him to Abeokuta, they took him to a native doctor to remove the bullet from his body and returned him to the General Hospital in Otta, but he was rejected. He died on the way to another hospital.”
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Olumiyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the tragic incident and said that six suspects, including Okikiola, have been interrogated over the occurrence.
“After the shooting, his friend and witness, Kazeem Okikiola, who had earlier called Oloruntoba to join him at the Shawarma spot, refused to report the incident to the police, but rather took the deceased to a herbalist in Ogun State, where they extracted the pellets from his body.
He later took Oloruntoba to his brother’s house in the Ipaja area of Lagos State, where he died. As a follow up to the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, directed that police detectives be mobilized to hunt the suspects linked to the killing.
“During the investigation, the owner of the Shawarma spot, Chimezie Amaechi; the deceased’s friend, Kazeem Okikiola; the Manager of the Avid Bar, Olayinka Oyedokun, and his friends, Femi Victor, Taiwo Morokola, and Omole Wasiu were arrested. These suspects are giving useful information that can assist the police in the investigation.”
He added that the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Panti, Yaba for investigation.
