Death on presidential election’s day

One of the hoodlums in the Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State has shut a lady dead.

The hoodlum identified as Adedeji, popularly known as Skye, has allegedly shot Halimat Abowaba, to death on Abeokuta Street, behind the Agege Stadium.

It was gathered that Adedeji, alongside other hoodlums, were celebrating the victory of a political party on Abeokuta Street when he suddenly brought out a gun and started shooting indiscriminately.

In the process, a stray bullet reportedly hit Abowaba, who was in front of her mother’s beer parlour on Abeokuta Street.

According to The Punch, a resident, Gbenga Samuel, while lamenting the incident, said one of the bullets from Adedeji’s gun hit one of Abowaba’s laps, adding that neighbours and family members rushed her to the Ifako Ijaiye Teaching Hospital in a desperate bid to save her life.

Upon getting to the hospital, Samuel said medical workers, after assessing the degree of the injury sustained, referred her to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

He, however, said the 27-year-old lady bled to death.

Samuel said, “Adedeji was drunk when he started shooting. The incident happened around 6pm and the lady was rushed to the Ifako Ijaiye Teaching Hospital, when they got there, she was referred to the LASUTH but the lady died in the early hours of Sunday. Halimat died because she lost a lot of blood. The bullet shattered her lap.

Explaining further, Samuel said Adedeji had gone into hiding after perpetrating the crime, adding that Abowaba’s family, who initially wanted justice for her, had accepted the events that led to her death as the will of God.