A student of the University of Lagos, identified simply as Adekunle was on Saturday shot dead while chasing after a phone thief.
The incident happened at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of the state.
It was learnt that the deceased (Adekunle) and his school mate identified simply as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and while in the vehicle, a man, who was hanging at the back of the bus, grabbed Opeyemi’s iPhone 7 plus and fled with it.
Opeyemi immediately raised the alarm and Adekunle, in a desperate attempt to retrieve the phone from the robber who jumped down from the bus and fled, pursued after him.
When eAdekunle was closing in on the suspect, one of the accomplice of the thief appeared from nowhere and shot the 23-year-old and he died on the spot.
Truth Live News gathered that an eye who spoke with Punch on Monday the robber’s accomplice shot Adekunle in the head.
“The incident happened on June 3 around 9pm. What happened was that someone shot the deceased at a close range on the left side of his head and he died on the spot. An ATM card found on him bears the name Adekunle.
“Later on, we gathered from a girl that gave her name as Opeyemi, who claimed to be a student of Business Administration, UNILAG, that she and the deceased, whom she knew as a student of UNILAG, boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba and were heading to UNILAG when she got dispossessed of her iPhone 7 Plus by a thief hanging at the back of the bus.
“The deceased attempted to help by pursuing the robber but in the process, another group of persons came out and one of them shot him at a close range on the left side of his head and he died on the spot.”
Shortly after the incident, policemen, who arrived at the scene later, evacuated Adekunle’s corpse and deposited it at the morgue of the Mainland Hospital.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin who confirmed the incident said the command had commenced an investigation to track down the suspects behind the attack.
“The deceased was a UNILAG student. The suspects are being trailed for possible arrest and the command has contacted the victim’s relatives.
He added that, the case has been transferred to the SCID, Panti, for discreet investigation.”