Cultist gruesomely murdered Lagos Poly final year 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.” Oluwaseun was said to have been
discovered, few minutes after the shooting;
by then, he was already dead. His corpse
was said to have been recovered from the
gutter by the police and taken to the
Gbagada General Hospital, where he was confirmed dead. When our correspondent visited the scene a
day after the incident, there was an uneasy
calm on the street; shops were under lock
and key. While a candlelight procession was held in
the deceased’s honour on Saturday, there
were fears among residents of more
attacks. At the Oluwaseuns’ residence,
visitors poured in to condole with the
deceased’s family and pay tribute to his memory. His distraught mother was said to
be unavailable for comments. However, a close friend of the family, Alhaja
Modupeola Kazeem, described Oluwaseun
as gentle and an easygoing young man. Kazeem said, “I was shocked on hearing the
news because I am like a second mother to
him. I was one of the people who brought
him up; he was a cheerful person who never
made trouble. We were all surprised how
those guys just came and shot at him without any provocation. Ibrahim was just a
victim; he was never part of any bad
group.” She added that Oluwaseun had been buried
on Saturday in accordance with Muslim
rites. The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer,
Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the incident to
our reporter on the telephone. He said,
“There was indeed an incident on Friday
night in which some suspected cultists shot
one Oluwaseun in Somolu. Police immediately swung into action. They saw
him lying down and he was rushed to the
hospital where he died. We are investigating
the case to ensure we bring the culprits to
book.”