Hoodlums kill woman on her husband birthday
A 41-year-old mother of three, has been killed by hoodlums on her husband’s birthday, in the Ketu area of Lagos State
Gunmen reportedly stabbed a woman, Oluwakemi Odugbesan, a mother of three, to death while trying to rob her bag and her phone, in the Ketu area of Lagos
It was gathered that the 41-year-old woman, was attacked on her way returning home from a church vigil some minutes past 6 am, in Oduntan, where she lived with her three children and parent
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One of the attackers used the victim’s mobile phone to call her mother’s number to inform her of the lady’s killing, Minutes after carrying out the heinous act
The deceased who is the first of her parent’s five children was stabbed three times in the chest, including around the heart and twice on her ribs and back.
According to a report, Odugbesan was thereafter rushed to Azir Hospital on Oduntan Street by some of her relatives and neighbours, where she was declared dead.
The victim was killed on her husband’s birthday. The man has remained inconsolable.
The two of them were weeks away from relocating to Canada when Odugbesan’s life was brutally cut short
However, the case has been reported at the Ketu Police Station by family members of the victim, who have remained shattered since the tragic incident.
The entire Ketu community has been in a panic since the tragic incident. Once one of the safest places in Ketu, Oduntan Street and its environs have in recent times become among the most dangerous places in Lagos primarily due to the menace of armed hoodlums, who waylay and attack residents heading out early in the morning or returning home at night.
The situation has forced many people to move out of the area to other parts of the city.
The community’s efforts to get security agencies to tackle attacks on residents by hoodlums have been futile
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered a thorough investigation into the killing.
