Four Youths Murdered by Suspected Gunmen in Lagos

 Four Youths Murdered by Suspected Gunmen in Lagos

In a suspected revenge attack, some gunmen, alleged to be cultists, last weekend at Apapa Road and Otumara communities in Lagos Island, murdered four youths in cold blood.

At Abule-Nla community on Apapa Road where the gruesome killings took place, they opened fire on the residents killing three persons, while  stabbed one Darlington Ogbu at Otumara community.

Journalists gathered that Ogbu was boozing with his friends when the killers came in Otumara community on two motorcycles and stabbed him to death.

But at Apapa Road, the gang said to belong to the  Kogbagidi boys opened fire on three youths identified as Samuel Olu, Junior and Taiye to death while other residents caught in the gunfire sustained gunshot  wounds. 

Following the killings, suspected cultists stormed Lagos Mainland the next day  to wreck havoc but they were prevented by Vigilantes and a combined team of Police men.

Speaking on anonimity, one of the residents said, "Gunmen came in two Toyota Camry cars at  Apapa Road and opened fire on the residents at Abule- Nla. The place they shot people is the base of the Kogbagidi boys.

"The boys were relaxing when the gunmen stormed the area. Three youths died at the end of the shooting while other residents sustained gunshots wounds.

"We are suspecting that this is  cult related. Various boys belonging to the Kogbagidi boys, the Otto boys, and the Fagbayimu Apapa Road boys also known as Skippo boys are involved in this supremacy fight."