While vehicles queued to buy fuel at
Total Petrol Station on Kano Street, in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State,
some hoodlums stormed the area, dragged away a man, identified only as
Sijuade, and slit his throat.
Total Petrol Station on Kano Street, in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State,
some hoodlums stormed the area, dragged away a man, identified only as
Sijuade, and slit his throat.
Punch Newspaper reports that Sijuade, an upholstery artisan, was stabbed in the eyes before the hoodlums killed him.
It was gathered that Sijuade had come
with some friends to the filling station to buy fuel in jerrycans. The
hoodlums, however, killed him.
with some friends to the filling station to buy fuel in jerrycans. The
hoodlums, however, killed him.
The attack was said to have caused panic in the area, forcing residents to lock their doors
A resident on Coates Street, who gave his name as Oyela Sodiq, said the
deceased’s elder brother, identified only as Ibikunle, rushed him to a
hospital where the youth was confirmed dead.Sodiq
added that Sijuade, although a street boy, was a peace-loving resident,
who had not had an altercation with any hoodlum in the past.
He said, “It was around 6am on Friday. The guy was wellknown, and as a street boy, he used his influence to help motorists get
fuel. The hoodlums, who might have been on a reprisal, bundled him out
of the station.“After a few metres, they began to stab him in the head before they cut
his throat. When people saw the young man lying in a pool of blood, they
called his elder brother.“His brother brought a tricycle and they rushed him to a hospital.
Sadly, he did not survive it. The matter was reported to the police.