Crisis Rocks Ondo As Security Personnel Shoots Motorcyclist Dead
A security guard has shot dead a commercial motorcyclist identified as Ibrahim Adamu, in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The 36-year-old commercial motorcyclist was shot dead around 1:30 am, by a guard attached to the entrance gate of a street where a popular hotel is located in the Government Reserved Area.
Ibom Focus learnt that the incident which occurred on Sunday attracted worshippers and sympathizers in the area, who besieged the scene to see for themselves what led to the death of the young man.
An eyewitness, who was a friend of the deceased, told our correspondent that the security men stopped Adamu and asked him where he was coming from and the deceased told them that he was coming from a friend’s house.
According to him, during the interrogation, other security men attached to different residences came out to identify him.
“Suddenly, one of the security men was reported to have shot into the air which scared the people and they fled. But the deceased and I were still staying there when one of the security men shot him in the chest and he died instantly.”
Also, Mrs. Safira Saliu who narrated the incident said, “The deceased came to our house to eat, after he closed from his work for the day, around 11 pm. He was an Okada man. Later, he went out to sleep at his friend’s place because my family uses one room.
“My husband who went with him came back around 1:30 am to inform me that the deceased, (Ibrahim) has been shot dead. The culprits took to their heels after the incident and the kinsmen of the deceased destroyed the chairman’s house because the culprit went to his house to inform him that they have killed somebody before they ran away, but the man did not do anything.
“For some hours, the corpse of the deceased was laid on the ground where he was shot and his people did not allow any policeman or anybody to intervene while they demanded the arrest of the culprits.”
Confirming the incident, the Ondo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said he was a motorcyclist who was shot dead by a yet-to-be-identified security guard at Alagbaka in Akure, Akure South local government area of Ondo State.
Odunlami-Omisanya, said, “The situation surrounding the death of the security guard was still sketchy, adding that investigations are ongoing.
“It happened in the early hours of today (Sunday). We have not pointed out the reason for the death of the security guard. Our men are still on the case trying to ensure peace and stability are restored to the area.
“We will get back to the general public as soon as we conclude our investigations and unravel the mystery behind the guard’s death”.
It was gathered that the deceased corpse has been deposited at the State Specialist Hospital Mortuary.
