Tragedy struck in Ado Ekiti, capital of
Ekiti State on Monday when a 12-man gang of robbers attacked residents
of Olorunda, a satellite town in the city, killing a student of the
Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, Temitope Ogunleye.
The National Diploma II Accountancy
student was shot at his father’s house on 14, Olorunda, Zone 4 area of
Ado Local Government Area.
The bandits also inflicted machete wound on the victim’s father, Mr. Ogunleye, a Principal of Idu High School, Erio-Ekiti.
Commissioner of Police in the state,
Taiwo Lakanu, and top members of the Command were said to have visited
the bereaved, assuring residents that the area would be secured.
Recounting how the operation that lasted
for about 45 minutes happened, Temitope’s younger sister, Yetunde, a
student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, said the robbers,
numbering about 12, besieged their residence at about 1:30am on Monday
and started shooting sporadically.
She said the robbers had earlier robbed a house opposite their building owned by a widow and retiree.
“We had earlier heard the noise coming
from the next building which sent a signal to us that robbers were in
the area. But later they came to our house peeping through the windows
and threatening that we should open the door or face the dire
consequences.
“They said they were not in our house for
tea party. They broke the windows and lit the living room with their
torches and started shooting sporadically into the inner side of the
bungalow when we didn’t open the door on time. It was at this time that I
ran inside to inform our father who instructed us to shout.
“But as we were shouting, Temitope was
already shot in the stomach and was in the pool of his blood. At this
stage, the robbers had already entered the living room and started
beating our mummy and everybody.
In fact, when they sighted daddy, they beat him mercilessly,
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