There was tension at the University of Lagos, Unilag , last week
tuesday after the gruesome murder of a 300-level student of the
Department of Business Administration, Mr Olubunmi Elusakin .
It was learned that the deceased was gunned down at about 8pm last week tuesday night by suspected cultists.
Report
has it that, the 23-year-old student of the University of Lagos, was
shot dead at a bar around St. Finbarrs in Akoka area of Lagos while
having an enjoyable activities with his friends.
His
assailants, suspected to be cultists and also students of UNILAG, walked
up to him and shot him at point blank range where he sat, it was
learnt.
A student of the Department of Accounting, who preferred anonymity, said he knew the deceased.
“His
parents had recently bought a new SUV for him. He was such a
cool-headed man. But everybody knew him as one of the ‘big boys’ in the
Faculty of Business Administration,” the student, who spoke under
condition of anonymity, said.
Investigators at the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, Lagos, said the deceased was a 300-Level student.
“From
investigation so far, the asailants were not even masked. Our findings
revealed that he was sitting at a table inside a bar around St Finbarr’s
when they walked inside and shot him in the head around 8pm last week
Tuesday.” a source told our correspondent.
The remains of the
deceased were buried on Wednesday, one week after the incident. An
autopsy was conducted on the body on Tuesday.
Police are working
on the suspicion that the deceased was killed as a reprisal for a grouse
against the cultists even though it has not been established if
Elusakin belonged to any cult group.
The Facebook wall of the
deceased, who was fondly called BMoney by friends has been awash with
condolence messages from associates.
“I still can’t believe you
are gone B Money. You have always been the most decent and gentle guy I
know but death has cut the long story short. Heck, I can’t hold the
tears rolling down my eyes,” one friend, DamolaAjala wrote.
“I am
feeling alone, I am feeling very sad. I don’t know about my heart. I am
thinking about something is lost in my life. B Money, my one and only
friend, best friend. Brother from different mother, I miss you so much,”
Oladipo Dotun, who was said to be the deceased’s closest pal, wrote on
Facebook.
Another friend, Habibat Adeyinka poured out her
emotion, writing, “Bunmi, please wake up. I am ready to say yes. I am
going to date you now. Please.”
A spokesperson for UNILAG, Mr.
Olagoke Oke of the Information Unit, asked for more time to get details
about the incident when contacted on Wednesday.
Spokesperson for
the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Kenneth Nwosu, who confirmed this,
stated that efforts were being made to track down the killers of the
UNILAG student.
Four suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the attack.
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