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| Marcus, one of the injured youth |
It was gathered that the
deceased, Jubril Sulaimon, along with other youths were returning from
the All Progressives Congress rally held at the Ports Authority area in
Apapa when they were attacked by the thugs at about 5pm.
When the attack was carried out, some escaped with bullet wounds but Sulaimon was pursued, hacked with
cutlass and left for dead.
Some residents later rushed Sulaimon to the Lagos Island General Hospital where he died on Sunday.
A resident claimed that the gun-wielding
thugs came back on Sunday and went to Adeniji Adele Road, which made
shop owners to close shops, while others scampered for safety.
Policemen from the Adeniji Adele Division were said to have arrived at the scene and made some arrests.
One of the injured youths, Sunday Marcus, said most of
them wore the APC shirts and hand bands, which he believed the thugs
noticed.
Marcus, who showed our correspondent
bullet holes on his thigh, added that Sulaimon’s family had not been
contacted that he had been killed.
Sulaimon’s
corpse had been deposited at the Lagos Island General Hospital’s
mortuary, but no relative had shown up for him.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed that there was unrest in the area,
but added that there was no record of death.
He said:
“There was a skirmish in the area on Sunday. Two factions of the same political party attacked one another. The police have arrested one suspect and recovered a cutlass from him. Meanwhile, no death was reported and normalcy has returned to the place now.”
