The Chief Security Officer of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Mr. Sunday Adejumo has been murdered by suspected cultists.
The incident took place at a beer parlour on Oyenuga Street, Akoka on Friday evening.
Sources say the CSO entered the bar with some new friends to down a couple of bottles of beer. As they sat and drank, some strange men armed with machete and guns came into the bar.
One of the men, according to witnesses, walked up to Adejumo and hit him in the chest. The suspect then shot him point blank range in the chest.
A resident of the area said the police picked up the bar proprietor.
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 witness said the suspects attempted to snatch the victim’s pathfinder.
“We don’t know exactly what their intention was. But there were blood stains on the car and the car key also had blood stains. We suspected they wanted to drive it away, but abandoned it when they saw it was not responding,” he said.
Police informants told reporters that the friends who accompanied the CSO to the bar had also been arrested.
A source said, “Since he had been going out to drink, he had never gone out with these friends. So, they are also suspects . Although one of them claimed to be injured during the incident, there may be more to it than meets the eye.”
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Lelma Kolle, stated, “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.”
