Sad Story Of Admission Seeker Killed By Police Stray Bullet

• …the victim was hit by a bullet that penetrated her two thighs, adding that she was immediately drenched in blood.

It was a sad end for an 18-year-old admission seeker, Monsura Ojuade who was shot dead right in front of her residence by police bullets.

The shot is said to have come from a police sergeant attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos State,

From about 11.30 pm on Sunday, since the incident happened  on Mogaji Street, Ijesha, Surulere area of Lagos, the neighbourhood has not been the same..

A community leader, Onikeku Adedayo, who witnessed the incident, said some anti-robbery officers from the SCIID had reportedly stormed the community, and met him outside, and queried what he was doing outside.

“I told him that I was in front of my house and I am a community leader. He said it was too late and I should go inside. I and a few others around me left. Not less than three minutes later, I heard a gunshot. I heard her sister scream that she had been shot. The policemen fled the scene immediately,” he added.

Adedayo told PUNCH Metro that the victim was hit by a bullet that penetrated her two thighs, adding that she was immediately drenched in blood.

He explained that Monsura was rushed to a private hospital in the community, where she was rejected.

He said Monsura was taken to the Randle General Hospital, after she had been rejected by a private hospital, and that the General hospital gave her first aid.

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“By that time, she had collapsed and could not talk. The hospital placed her on oxygen and tried to stop the bleeding. They said they could not continue the treatment because her bones had been shattered by the bullet and she needed orthopaedic treatment.

“We were referred to either Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital or Gbagada General Hospital. When we got to Igbobi, she was almost gone and we decided to take her to a private hospital, where she was confirmed dead. Although she was confirmed dead around 1.30am on Saturday, I believe that she died within 30 minutes of the shooting,” Adedayo added.

Another resident, Ismail Oguntoyinbo, said the policemen were from the SCIID, adding that they made an entry of their presence in the community at the Ijesha Police Station.

He said after leaving sorrow, tears and blood in their trail, they did not book their exit from the area.

“The Ijesha DPO said the policemen came to his station to report that they wanted to investigate some people they arrested and he gave them the go-ahead, but he never knew they came to raid. The DPO refused to disclose their identities,” he added.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Monsura was the third of three female children and filled Mass Communication and Accounting as her first and second choices in her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations form.

She reportedly scored 236 in the UTME and was awaiting admission when she was killed.

Her remains were said to have been deposited in the Military Hospital morgue, Yaba.

“She ran inside the house when there was commotion outside, but one of the policemen shot her.

“Her mother fainted more than five times on Saturday after getting the news that she was dead. We were processing her admission when she was killed,” Oguntoyinbo narrated.

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