One of the late son of Advertisng
guru and MD Eminent Communications,Mr Sesan Ogunro, Timayo, has recounted how
his father was killed.
He said: “It was a night of
Christmas carol at the church. After the main carol service, people went down
to eat. There was a man who tried to steal some money from someone and my
father caught him. Other deacons and the minister of God started talking to the
guy about what happened. That took some time.
“So, as this continued, people
started to leave the church premises. Eventually, it was just myself, my mum
and my dad, some children and a few disciples of the church who remained
behind.
“My dad said I should take my mum
and the children home, since it was getting late. We went outside and my mum
remembered that she left some water in my dad’s car. So, my dad went to get the
water from across the road. As I was about to open the door for everyone to get
in, the gunmen came in a blue Sienna. I saw what happened but I couldn’t hear
what they were saying.
“There were five of them. They
spread out. Three of them came to me and hit me. I went down and gave them
everything in my hand, including the car keys. I went down with my mum and the
kids while two of the attackers walked up to my dad. He wanted to take the keys
to his car but my dad told them: ‘Just take it; just take it.’ You know these
guys: obviously, they were high and they just shot him.”
A church member, Mr Sola Martins,
said someone called him after leaving the church that he should call the police
because there was shooting at the church premises.
Martins said he received another
call, as he was attempting to rush to the church premises, that Ogunro had been
shot and that he should call the police.
According to the church member, he
reported the matter to the police and later joined the family at the Apapa
hospital, where Ogunro died.
Lagos State Police Command’s
spokesperson Ngozi Braide, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP) said: “About 22:42
hours (10 pm) on December 22, a distress call was received by the Alausa
Division of the police command. It was gathered that four armed men operating
in a Honda Odyssey attempted to snatch a Mercedes Benz ML jeep belonging to Mr
Ogunro.
“The man resisted and threw away the
key of the jeep, hence the armed men shot him. They abandoned the Honda Odyssey
and escaped with a red Toyota Yaris car belonging to the wife, who was standing
with him on the scene.
“The scene was visited immediately
by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and a team and the incident was
confirmed. The DPO also visited the victim at the Lagoon Hospital where he was
receiving treatment, though critical.”
She said none of the relatives had
made a statement on the incident.
The police spokesperson explained
that the Honda Odyssey was confirmed to have been snatched from somebody
identified as Ali Balogun at Ebute-Metta at 8pm.
The owner was reportedly dropped on
Jobi-Fele Way in Alausa, Ikeja, from where she was taken to the station.
Braide said the police had begun
investigation into the incident and the search for the fleeing hoodlums.
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Why not give them d car keys RIP sir.
ReplyDeleteU must have been one of d armed robber for making such silly comment
ReplyDeleteSilly u.
DeleteWhat is wrong in asking a simple question? Giving the car key would have solved this tragedy.Sesan Ogunro was my friend,reading this story makes me sad. What a way to die. Rip Sesan.
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