UNILAG security chief assassinated at beer parlour

The Head of Operations, Security Unit, University of Lagos, Mr. Sunday Adejumo, has been assassinated at a beer parlour in Lagos, Punch reports.

According to the report, Adejumo on Friday evening, was at the pub on Oyenuga Street in the Akoka area of Lagos, in company of three of his friends when some armed men stormed the joint and headed straight for him, hitting him in the chest and shooting him several times.

The gunshots rattled the whole place and the 50 year old died minutes after help could not get to him.
A resident, who did not identify himself, told Punch that the owner of the beer parlour had been arrested and was being interrogated at the Bariga Police Station.

He said, “The incident happened around 8.30pm on Friday. We suddenly heard gunshots and we all rushed into our different houses because we did not know what exactly happened. It was later we learnt that one of those in the beer parlour was killed.

“It was not a robbery because they did not steal anything or injure anybody else. Immediately they killed him, they left.”

Another unnamed source offered that Adejumo must have been killed by cultists.
He said: “When the gang got in, they went to where he was sitting. They had different weapons, ranging from cutlasses to guns. One of them went to him, hit him in the chest and he fell down. He then brought out a gun and shot him point blank. On the table where he was drinking with his friends were a pay slip, his ATM cards and his car key.”

Confirming the incident, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Lelma Kolle, told Punch that, “Investigations revealed that the man parked his car a distance away from where he was drinking.

 The police also discovered that there was a blood stain on the car and the car key was found within the vicinity, also with blood stains. This can only mean that after they killed him, they attempted to go away with his car. They actually succeeded in opening the car because there were blood stains on the car seat. But the car did not move because of the security system in it.

“The owner of the bar has been arrested and he has made statements. We cannot categorically say whether this was a robbery or an assassination plot. The matter is still under investigation.”

Picture credit: Punch Newspaper