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Monday 3 November 2014
Thugs kill okada rider, flee with his hand
Some cultists believed to be loyal to a political
party invaded Adifase Street, Bariga, Lagos and
hacked a motorcyclist, Segun Atupa, to death.
Not done, the hoodlums severed the 28-year-old
victim’s hand and fled with it.
The murder came less than two weeks after
political thugs killed two youths and beheaded
one of them in the Fadeyi area of the state.
Residents told PUNCH Metro that the thugs had
returned from a rally before carrying out the
attack.
Our correspondent learnt that Atupa 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.
Our correspondent also learnt that the hoodlums
dumped Atupa’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.
When PUNCH Metro visited Adifase Street on
Tuesday, it was learnt that Atupa’s corpse had
been removed from the canal by policemen
attached to the Bariga Division, Somolu.
A resident who wished to remain anonymous for
fear of reprisal said the hoodlums pursued Atupa
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.”
Our correspondent learnt from a police source
that the motorcyclist was not only killed, but one
of his arms was also amputated, and taken away
by the hoodlums, an act synonymous with a local
gang known as the EFCC boys.
When PUNCH Metro got to Atupa’s rented
apartment on Olusoji Street, it was learnt from a
neighbour that the motorcyclist’s wife had died
from an accident, only about two weeks ago, and
he was still grieving her death.
It was further gathered that apart from the
motorcyclist, another man was attacked and killed
the followiong day by Bajulaiye canal, Bariga
Road. The yet-to-be-identified victim was said to
have been removed also by policemen from the
Bariga Division.
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.”
PUNCH Metro learnt from residents that other
hoodlums in the area use the following aliases:
Yusuf Omo West, Lateef Fibre, Ogun owo, Rasaki
Osanle, and BJ Paul.
When contacted, the Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said he
would get back to our correspondent. He,
however, had yet to do so as of press time.
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