Suspected cultists burns 17-year- old,left to die.but luckily survived.......SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that some suspect cultists have set a
17-year-old boy, Lekan Agbaje, on fire on Amodu Street, in the Idi
Oro, Mushin area of Lagos.
Firstclass newsline also learnt that the attacker initially stabbed
their victim before they set him ablaze and left him to die.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Lekan was, however, rescued by
passersby and policemen from the Alakara division, who rushed the
teenager to a private hospital.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the assailants who were confident that
the teenager was dead, pasted his obituary posters in the community.
Firstclass newsline learnt that on Saturday, at about 6pm, the
teenager and a friend had strolled out, but were ambushed by the
hoodlums.
Lekan, who the assailants reportedly claimed was a member of a rival
faction, was dragged to a corner and stabbed several times.
Not done, the hoodlums doused him with kerosene before setting him on fire.
They reportedly fled the scene when they sighted a police patrol
vehicle approaching the area.
When a source visited the area on Wednesday, a resident, who
identified himself simply as Kehinde, said the hoodlums were holding
an event in the area on Friday, which must be marked with killing.
He said, "The boys were about 100. They held a party in a house on the
street. They wore blue shirts and caps. At about the evening time, the
police patrol vans came into the area and arrested a good number of
them.
"The boy was attacked at about evening time. We learnt that the
hoodlums had to kill someone to mark their celebration. So, they
attacked Lekan. They also pasted his obituary."
When a source visited the hospital where Lekan was being treated, the
mother, who pleaded not to be named, said the family had spent
N130,000 on him, adding that they had run out of money .
She stated that Lekan did not belong to any cult group, but was a
victim of hoodlums' indiscriminate attacks in the area.
She said, "They stabbed him with bottles in the face and stomach. His
burnt body has yet to heal. We have spent about N130,000. The doctors
said we should get another N250,000. I am tired. I am a hair dresser.
"He is not a cult member. He just finished secondary school. I want
Nigerians and the government to help me. He is my first son. The
hoodlums removed almost all his teeth. He cannot talk or eat."
A source observed the teenager on the sick bed, with bandage on his
head, waist and hands.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin,
had yet to respond to a text message sent to her phone on the incident
as of press time.
Firstclassnewsline.net