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.
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.”
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