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Armed Thugs Allegedly Attack Chairmanship Aspirant in Ikorodu, Kill staff, Carted away millons of Naira [Viewers’ Discretion Advised]

ByCitizen NewsNG

Apr 18, 2021

 

Bandits struck again at the weekend in Ikorodu, killing a-54 year-old man, carted away millions of money.

The gunmen also vandalized office, wounded many others and carted away several properties running into millons of naira

APC Chairmanship aspirant in Ikorodu, Hon. Onamade Oluwatosin, made this known at the weekend during a press conference held at Abule Eko ijede LCDA, demanding justice and appealed to the Federal, State and All Progressive Congress, APC, led executives to come to his rescue.

Oluwatomisin, who narrated his ordeal revealed that the hoodlums numbered more than 35 came to his Western Funeral Homes Limited office along Ijede Road in Ikorodu, Lagos with dangerous weapons and desperation.

He declared that they shot sporadically before started their heinous acts, adding that in the process, one of his workers, Mr Ifeanyi Etunmuse Tony Godfrey, 54 years old,
was shot dead, while several others sustained highest degrees of injury.

“The hoodlums numbered more than 35 came to my Western Funeral Homes Limited office along Ijede Road in Ikorodu. They shot sporadically before started their heinous acts and in the process, one of my workers, Mr Ifeanyi Etunmuse Tony Godfrey
was shot dead and several others sustained highest degrees of injuries.

APC chieftain maintained that he was only lucky that he was not seen at that time because he hid himself in one of the vaults in the premises, where he managed to make a distress call to the Ijede Police Station, who promptly came and dislodge them and met traces of blood, cutlasses at the premises of his office.

He also disclosed that his blood brother, Mr. Oluwafemi Onamade, 38, was shot and maliciously beaten to coma, adding that he was thereafter taken to Ijede General hospital.

He, however, called on the Federal, State Government that as a law abiding citizen, they should come to his aid and intervene in the case so as to reduce more blood shed and save lives.

He also informed that he had been earlier attacked about six months ago, but want government to come to his aid and safe his soul.

“I was attacked personally and gracefully survived it about six months ago when a lot of thugs had confronted me face to face and threatened to kill me when they started vandalizing my chairmanship posters at the local government with warnings to stop contesting with the opponent”, He said.

He therefore appealed to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and State government to come to his aids at this point that series of petitions had been sent to the DSS, law enforcement agencies and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police as well as the APC Chairman, Lagos State regarding this matter.

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