7 arrested as gunmen killed PDP chieftain’s forster son in Lagos
By Our Correspondent
Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Forster son of People Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, and former Minister of Communication and former Deputy National Chairman (South/west) of the party, Mr Dapo Sarumi.
The deceased, 47-year-old, Toyin Adeniji, was reportedly shot dead in front of Sarumi’s Oyewole Street residence in Agege on Monday.
It was gathered that the late Adeniji, described as a union leader and six of his friends were sitting opposite Sarumi’s house at about 9:00pm on the fateful day of the incident, when some unidentified persons, some of whom were on mask, walked pass them and simultaneously turned back.
It was further gathered that when the deceased and his friends saw armed masked men approaching, they took to their heels, but Adeniji, was not lucky as he was shot in the head and he died on the spot.
Salient Times gathered that when the gunmen left, his friends who scampered for safety, rushed back to take him to the hospital, but discovered that he had given up the ghost.
A witness ,who pleaded anonymity , who described the deceased as Sarum’s aide, said that he suspected that some members of the community took part in the killing.
The witness said,” the incident actually started in the evening ,when one of the political thugs in the area ,who is a notorious cultist ,Asiwaju ,and some of his boys invaded Oyewole Road and started shooting .
” Brother Toyin, went to Computer Village to buy phone in the morning, and later he went to the mechanic workshop to repair his vehicle .He just returned from the mechanic workshop ,when the gunmen came again .
” When the came ,they started shooting and went down he road .When they were coming back ,they stopped at where Brother Toyin and others were sitting .
” Four of the people ,who were with Brother Toyin escaped. The hoodlums caught the other four and started harrasing them . Three others escaped, leaving only Brother Toyin .
” They slapped him ( the deceased ) repeatedly before they shot him .I heard one of the gunmen asking others not to waste the bullet ,saying that they still have other things to do with the bullet .”
A Police officer from the Area G Command, Ogba, said that when they received distress call about the shooting, they raced to the area and cordon off the place,but were unable to trace the gunmen until the following day when they were able to get some persons.
The Policeman ,said the killing was not unconnected with the forth comming election, ” because, he is a union leader and a popular person in the area. Because of the popularity of his forster father, he bacame an influencer in the area.
Lagos State Police Publlic Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the murder, saying that seven persons have been arrested in connection with the killing,” the suspects have been transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department( SCIID), Panti , Yaba ,for investigation; for now we are investigating”.
