Teenager visiting friend shot dead in Lagos

Cultists have shot dead a teenager identified simply as Chike, said to have travelled from Delta State to visit a friend Ikotun area of Lagos, while he went out to withdraw money from a Point-of-Sale (POS) operator.

Penpushing reports that source said Chike had alongside his friend for withdrawal of the money on Sunday when he was accosted by a group of youths, suspected to be cultists, who shot him at close range.

The eyewitness said the suspected assailants immediately fled the scene, leaving the victim in a pool of blood, adding that the victim’s friend was spared during the attack, which caused panic among residents.

“He was returning from a PoS shop where he had gone to withdraw money with his friend when a group of boys approached them. They spoke briefly, and suddenly one of them opened fire on him. The attackers fled immediately, leaving him in a pool of blood’, the witness said

Penpushing further reports that, a photograph available showed the teenager lying lifeless at the scene of the incident, while an anti-cultism advocacy platform, in a post on Monday, suggested that the killing might be cult-related, claiming the victim had attempted to surrender his valuables to the attackers.

The platform added that, the deceased, popularly called “Ejanla,” resided in Asaba, Delta State, and had travelled to Ikotun to visit a friend, stressing that he had just withdrew the money when he was attacked

“He had just withdrawn money from a POS outlet with his friend’s brother when they were surrounded by some men. Sources said the attackers shouted ‘Haba-Krier’ before and after shooting him. It was reported that he offered them his gold and the cash he had just withdrawn, but they still shot him and fled’, the post read.

Penpushing also reports that the Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer Abimbola Adebisi, was yet to issue any official statement on the sad incident as at the time of filing this report.

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