Armed men hacks ex-TASUED student to death

Firstclass newsline learnt that three gunmen on a motorcycle stormed
Ondo Road, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, on Monday and waylaid a graduate,
hacking him to death.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the deceased, Femi Adebanjo, was
abandoned by the roadside in a pool of blood after the incident.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the three gunmen trailed Adebanjo,
akaEfrebor, who was also on a motorcycle, to Fatina Junction where
they attacked him at about 6pm.
Adebanjo is said to have finished from the Tai Solarin University of
Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, a few years ago.
It was said that his assailants first rained bullets on the victim
before they attacked him with machetes.
A source said the assailants thereafter escaped on the motorcycle,
while a crowd of sympathisers later called the police attention to the
incident.
It was learnt that policemen from the Igbeba division later arrived in
the area to remove Adebanjo's corpse. The body was reportedly
deposited in a morgue.
A resident, who gave his name only as Sulaimon, told firstclass
newsline that before the people could rush the victim to a nearby
hospital, he had died.
He said, "It was at about 6pm at the Fatina Junction. The men waylaid
a motorcycle, which was conveying Adebanjo, and rained bullets on him.
They later dragged him to a corner and began to cut him with machetes.
"No one could move near them until they were through and left the
scene on their motorcycle. It was a very terrible scene. Some people
later called the police to report the matter. The officers came to
remove the corpse in their van."
Firstclass newsline learnt that Adebanjo, who hailed from Ijebu Isiwo.
A police source told firstclass newsline that preliminary
investigation showed that the attack was cult-related.
"They trailed him to that location. They did not attack anyone else at
that junction. It is assumed that the assailants had some sort of
relationship with him," he added.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi,
confirmed the incident.
He added that investigations were ongoing to apprehend the killers,
while the police had released the body to the family for burial.
He said, "The parents have requested the boy's corpse and the police
have released it to the father.
"Meanwhile, investigation is on to arrest the killers.
"The police are also mindful of the fact thatAlagemofestival is
ongoing in Ijebu Ode.
"However, security is being strengthened to prevent cult-related attacks.
"We have deployed Anti-Kidnapping, Anti-Robbery and other squads in
the area. We will soon apprehend the cult boys."
Firstclassnewsline.net