One Kingsley Ughala was reportedly shot dead after the money had been dashed out by a politician after a Lagos rally.According to Punch, the incident followed by the 25-year-old’s death, occurred Friday at the Gbagada area, in the course of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally.
The young man was said to have followed the APC to a rally and returned with other boys to besiege APC guber candidate’s campaign office for “settlement”.
As soon as the money had been given out, some group attempted to pocket the largesse, following which Kingsley was killed.
One of the locals narrated how it all happened:
“It happened around the APC campaign office in Gbagada. After they finished their rally for the day, some group of boys returned to the campaign office for settlement.
“They were given some money to share among themselves. A fight broke out when one of the groups wanted to go away with the money. The struggle was intense, and at a point one of the groups brought out a gun and shot the guy dead.”
The boy’s father confirmed the tragic outcome:
“I returned from work at about 9pm and I heard my son was killed. By that time, it was too late for me to go out so I waited till the following day which was a Saturday. I reported the matter at the Ifako Police Station.
“He had just finished his apprenticeship and we were looking for a job for him when he was killed. He was the third out of my six children.”
Police arrested the suspect, Abayomi Ayeni, in connection with the case.
The incident is in under investigation in Yaba.
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