A security guard, Azeez Ibrahim, has shot dead a female undergraduate of Babcock University, Busayo Ogunkoya, during a birthday party in a hotel in Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The 22-year-old Ogunkoya was celebrating with her friends on Saturday evening, July 5, 2014, at Mambillah Hotel, when the guard fired a shot that killed her.
A source told our correspondent that Ibrahim was drunk. “The incident happened on Saturday night when Busayo and her friends were having a party.
“She did not know the person celebrating, but she was invited to the party by her boyfriend.
“The party was going on fine until the security man, who was holding a gun which he claimed he had seized from some robbers, mishandled the gun and fired a bullet which hit Busayo. The guard was said to be drunk.”
She was said to have been rushed to a private hospital in the area where she was confirmed dead, as the bullet reportedly lodged in her neck.
Policemen from the Owutu Police Division were said to have arrived at the scene and arrested the guard, the assistant manager of the hotel and the victim’s boyfriend.
There was tension in the area as residents were afraid to talk about the incident, while the hotel, which is one of the popular hotels in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, also bore a gloomy look.
A resident told our correspondent that since the tragedy, the hotel had been shut to guests and no music had been played during the daytime as was the practice.
A large number of security officials was also said to have been deployed in the hotel to prevent attack from aggrieved youths.
It was gathered that the guard, who fired the killer shot, owned a house in Ikorodu and tenant of the killer guard who spoke under anonymity told our correspondent described Ibrahim as a caring landlord who was only a victim of some “forces.”
“He is such a nice and caring landlord. I have been living in his house for a long time and he has never made any trouble with me.
“I know he is just a victim of some forces beyond his control. He could not have deliberately killed the girl and I hope the police authorities would have mercy on him,” said the tenant.
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Lelma Kolle, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, however, confirmed the incident and said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for investigation.
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