The residents of Bank Olemoh
Street, Surulere, Lagos, were terrified on Monday when two gunmen shot dead
Olamide George, a 25-year-old DJ.
According to eyewitnesses, the
assassination was carried out at about 2pm while George was with friends under
a tree, popularly known as Abe Igi.
When Punch Metro visited Bank
Olemoh Street on Tuesday, police vehicles were seen patrolling the street.
Two residents, who pleaded
anonymity, said the deceased was an ‘internet businessman’. One of them said
the likely motivation for his assassination was a N2 million deal he just
concluded.
They added George just rented
and furnished an apartment at Apapa Road.
It was learnt that just before
his murder, George reportedly answered a phone call, and the caller requested
to know where he was. George answered that he was at Abe Igi.
George’s father, Mr. Gbolahan
George, said, “I was told that the assassins were four and were in Keke Maruwa
(tricycle). They parked at the entrance of the street; two got down and walked
to where Olamide was sitting with his friends. The one with the gun did not
know him, so the other person who accompanied him pointed at Olamide.
“Immediately Olamide was
identified, he was shot in the head and the chest.”
“I was called around 2:30pm and
was told that my son’s body was at the morgue in Lagos University Teaching
Hospital. He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. I reported the case
at Area C Police Command.”
Gbolahan George said his son
was not of a dubious character.
“He is a DJ, and not a scammer.
And he is very gentle and pleasant. He wanted to write JAMB and get into Lagos
State University.
“Olamide was also about to wed
his girlfriend, Yetunde Adeyeri, who is five months pregnant before his
untimely death. And that was why I gave him N500,000 to rent a one-room
self-contained apartment at Apapa Road.”
Our correspondent saw family
members cleaning blood stains from Olamide’s Golf Volkswagen car with number
plate, LND 879 AG.
The Chairman of CDA, Bank
Olemoh Street, Mr. Wilson Ojei, said, “I know Lamide as an easy young man
trying to survive. Nobody had any complaints about him except for the
occasional youthful exuberance, which is common among other young men in the
community. From indications, the attack was not from within the community; the
assassins were outsiders.
“We have been instructed by the
police to cut the tree at Abe Igi.”
The police spokesperson, Lagos
State, Ms. Ngozi Braide confirmed the incident.
She said, “The case was
reported to Area C Police Command. We are investigating the killing and I can
assure you that reasonable arrest has been made.”
Source: Punch Nigeria
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