Suspected gunmen have shot three people dead, and injured one within three weeks at Ipamesan and Oyede communities, Sango, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The Commissioner of Police has directed the State Criminal Investigation Department to take over the case.
“I believe that we are going to get the suspects. I am not aware of the other attack but I will find out.”
According to the information the policemen got, one of the deceased, Mr Olugori Adewale struggled with the armed robbers and that was why he was shot. The man was taken to a hospital but unfortunately, we lost him.
Adewale’s neighbour, Yetunde Olawore, who spoke to our correspondent after the attack said,
“At about 3am, the gunmen, who were six in number, after scaling the fence of the building, used a rope to tie the security guard, then attempted luring residents out of their rooms”
She explained that Adewale, upon sighting one of the robbers through the window, raised the alarm. Olawore said,
“I was in my room when I heard Adewale shouting and arguing with one of the robbers. He never knew they were up to six. He thought it was only one person and was shouting at the person and also screaming for help.
“So, the person went to the window of his kitchen, which had no burglary-proof bars, and gained entry; some other accomplices also entered the apartment from the kitchen and shot him dead.
“One of our neighbours, Lekan, aka Daddy Praise, a father of three; who heard Adewale screaming for help before he was shot, also rushed out to assist; but the gunmen, on sighting him, shot him in the stomach.”
“After the robbers left, we tried to rush the victims to a hospital, but as we carried Adewale and stepped out of our building, one of the armed robbers, who was still around, shot in our direction.”
Olawore said they dropped Adewale, who was gasping for breath on the road, and rushed back into their apartments, adding that when they returned, the motor boy had already died.
Late Adewale’s wife, Bisola, and child, Basit, who were traumatised by the death of their breadwinner, had been taken to another location, while the neighbour was rushed to the intensive care unit of Hetta Hospital.
Some weeks ago, armed robbers also attacked and killed two people in Oyede community.
Confirming the second attack, a member of the Agbatan Ipamesan Community Development Association, Sango, who gave his name as Lekan for security reasons, said the resent attacks has been creating tension in the community. He said,
“Three weeks ago, we experienced a robbery attack in Oyede community and they killed a couple”.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, assured the indigenes that efforts were ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects and bring them to justice.
