Scraps Dealer Lured into Ambush, Three Killed in Ilorin's Oja Gbooro Area
Three individuals were killed over the weekend in Ilorin's Oja Gbooro area following an attack on a scrap dealer lured into a trap by suspected assassins.
The victim, identified as Sampsodeen Awwal, a scrap dealer in his early 30s, was allegedly approached by four suspects who claimed to have a buyer for his goods. They lured him into a tricycle before opening fire, resulting in his death. Two others were also killed in the incident.
He was shot on the head at a close range afterwards and left in the pool of his blood.
Two other victims, a suya vendor and a lady hit by the stray bullet, were said to have died at the facility they were rushed to for treatment.
The incident happened around 8:30 pm, it was gathered.
According to a witness, "His assailants first shot him on the leg and blasted a bullet on his head after he fell on the ground."
One of his neighbours, Mr Mohammed, told Daily Trust that, "He is an indigene of Kebbi State and recently returned to Kwara after he traveled for the last Sallah.
"After he received the call, he went to withdraw some money for the expected purchase and rushed to Oja Gbooro after the Ishai prayers, where he was killed. The suspects only went away with his small phone and left the money. He is survived by a young wife and two children and his mother had arrived from their hometown."
In a telephone chat with our correspondent on Sunday, spokeswoman for the state police command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the killing.
She said "Investigations are still ongoing to determine whether it's a cult related case. But we suspect it's not assassination because the killers went away with his small phone, they used to communicate with him."
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
SAPZ Project SSA Youth HYPPADEC Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise Kwara State Fire Service Halidu Danbaba Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet Dankaka Baba Issa Awoye Gobirawa Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Salman Jawondo Alimi Abdulrazaq Yakubu Dogara Abdulfatai Ahmed Lawal Arinola Kudirat ASUU Eghe Igbinehin Universal Basic Education Commission SSUCOEN Nnazua Oju Ekun Sarumi Olatunde Olukoya Bank Of Industry Sadiq Umar Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Bashir Adigun Saheed Popoola Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu Oniye MMWG Muftau Akanbi Oke Sulaiman Gado Pakata Patriots Manzuma Ijagbo Health Centre Abdulrauf Aliyu Lanre Issa-Onilu Babatunde Ajeigbe Shero Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs Adanla-Irese Olatunde Jare Jaiz Bank Raliat AbdulRazaq Kwara Apc Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Bolaji Nagode Garba Ayodele Wahab Elections Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd Shehu Alimi Foundation Naira Redesign AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah Laduba Hassan Taiye Salam Yoruba Kwara Liberation Group Ganmo Obasanjo Oke-Kura Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation School Of Nursing Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye Abdulkadir Jimoh Alao Ayotunde Hajj Musibau Akanji Guber Aspirant MAI Akande AGM Professional Services Isiaka Gold Mansur Alfanla Binta Sulyman

