Scraps Dealer Lured into Ambush, Three Killed in Ilorin's Oja Gbooro Area

Date: 2025-04-28

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.

Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Abubakar Aliagan     Baba Issa     Babaita     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Niyi Ogundiran     Okanlawon Taiwo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Fatai Olodo     Olokoba Sulyman     Ajia-Bako     Tsaragi-Share     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Afetu Of Alabe     Kayode Ibrahim     Arandun     Ike Ekweremadu     Yekeen Alabi     Tunji Folami     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Funmi Salau     Pakata Development Association     Oladimeji Thompson     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Wasiu Onidugbe     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Illyasu Abdullahi     Umaru Saro     Bola Olukoju     Ibrahim Orire     Olupako Of Share     Oloriegbe     Suleiman Ajadi     Okoolowo     Bluenile Associates     Abdulazeez Arowona     Ayo Adeyemi     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     3MTT     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Council Of The Wise     Kisra     ANCOPPS     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Javed Khan     Coronavirus     MMWG     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Naira Redesign     Dorcas Afeniforo     Noah Yusuf     Dan Masanin     Aliyu Alhassan     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Buari Edun     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Femi Ogunsola     Crystal Corner Shops     Air Peace     Baba Idris     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Old Oyo     Aliyu Muyideen     Adanla-Irese     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Aisha Gobir     Monthly Sanitation     Olushola Saraki     Tunde Saad     Osinbajo     Olukotun Of Ikotun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Presidential Election     Hassan A. Saliu     Yunus Lawal     Coronavirus     Noah Yusuf     Olaiya Zuberu     Otuka     Tosho Yaqub     Baba Issa     Eruku     Okanlawon Musa     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Mamatu Abdullahi     UNIFEMGA     Park     Abdulwahab Oba     Kubra Kazum     COEASU     Peculiar Allowance     NIPR     Saeedat Aliyu     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Simon Sayomi     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Zainab Abass     Lithium Deposit     Garba Idris Ajia     Kehinde Baale     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Suleiman Abubakar     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Suleiman Idris     Ibrahim Mohammed     Tafida Of Kaiama     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Lawal Olohungbebe     Michael Nzwekwe     Mazars Consulting     Manzuma     Bola Shagaya     Facemasks     ASMAU PLAZA     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Computer Based Test     Inside Kwara     Elerin Of Adanla     Fatai Olodo     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Abubakar Baba     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Kwara State Governor     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Bayo Ojo     Kwara Politics     Peter Obi     Habeeb Saidu     Umaru Saro     CACOVID     Convocation Ceremonies     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Owo Isowo     Alaiye     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Dan Masanin     Ilorin Like-Minds     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Sherif Shagaya     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Face Masks     Abubakar Imam     International Vocational Centre     Sango-UITH Road