Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - Suspected kidnappers have k!lled a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Kayode Goriola, in the Igbe community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that the assailants stormed the area at past midnight on
Saturday after entering through the swampy part of the community.
They however encountered Goriola and his colleague who attempted to foil
the kidnap attempt.
A resident, Tunji Alao, who spoke to the punch on Monday said the
kidnappers shot Goriola in the process and then whisked his colleague away.
“Goriola and one of his colleagues were going about their duty when the
kidnappers arrived through a swampy area in the community. The two of them
attempted to restrict the kidnappers but they were overpowered. The kidnappers
thereafter attempted to take them away but Goriola refused and that made them
shoot him in the head and the other person was taken away,” he narrated.
A resident
who identified himself simply as Okla said it was the fourth time such an
incident would happen in the community.
According to him, a couple was kidnapped in the previous attack while a
security operative was killed and one other injured in the process.
“The community is prone to kidnappings. And this is the fourth time
kidnappers have attacked us. A man and a woman believed to be a couple was
abducted from their vehicle last year and the kidnappers left their baby
inside. A ransom was paid before they were released. A similar incident also
resulted in the d3ath of a member of the vigilante group, while their leader
was shot in the arm and hospitalised for two months at the Ikorodu General
Hospital.”
The head of the vigilante group in the community, Lawal Abdullahi,
confirmed the incident, adding that he was busy with the burial plans of the
deceased.
“We have reported at the station about retrieving his corpse from the mortuary. You can hear people’s voices in the background. We can talk later in the night,” he said.
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