Motorcyclist stabs security man to death at checkpoint

A motorcycle rider, Shehu Sanni, has allegedly stabbed a
security man, Ibukun Oguntona, to death in the Okobaba,
Oyingbo area of Lagos.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Sanni, who has been arrested by
the police, allegedly killed the security man when he (Sanni)
was stopped at a checkpoint, and queried over his
movement.
Our correspondent learnt that on Wednesday, July 8, at
about 10pm, 38-year-old Oguntona was on a night duty on
Abeokuta and Lagos streets, Oyingbo, when the suspect got
to the area.
It was gathered that Sanni’s motorcycle was faulty, and he
was pushing it when the security man accosted him.
Our correspondent learnt that Oguntona, who reportedly had
an instruction not to allow motorcycle riders into the area at
that time, demanded to know Sanni’s mission on the street.
It was gathered that the suspect allegedly refused to answer
Oguntona, which made the security man to hold on to his
motocycle. The suspect was said to have drawn a knife and
stabbed Oguntona in the stomach.
The deceased reportedly raised the alarm, which alerted his
colleague on Tapa Street. He rushed to the scene and called
residents to take Oguntona to a hospital. The security man
reportedly died on the way.
A police source said Sanni initially fled the scene with his
motorcycle and the blood-stained knife.
He added that the neighbours, however, fished Sanni out
and reported the matter at the Denton Police Division.
He said, “There were two security men in the area. Oguntona
was on Abeokuta Street while his colleague was on Tapa
Street.
“The security man noticed Sanni coming with his motorcycle
into the area, and he stopped him to demand an explanation.
Instead of answering, the suspect drew a knife and stabbed
the deceased. A patrol van from the Okobaba Police Post
took Oguntona to the Lagos Island General Hospital, but he
died on the way.
“Sanni ran away, but his neighbours, who learnt of what
happened, brought him to the police at Denton.”
A resident in the area, who identified himself simply as
Sodiq, said some slums in the area were being used as
hideouts by hoodlums to hide weapons.
“It is not only knives that these touts carry about. They have
guns. When there is a little argument, they shoot and escape
into their slums. That was also where Sanni escaped to
before he was arrested.”
It was gathered that Oguntona, an indigene of Abeokuta,
Ogun State, had a young wife and a boy, identified as
Monday.
The deceased’s younger brother declined to speak with
PUNCH Metro on the incident, saying he did not have the
family’s permission to do so.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu,
confirmed the incident, adding that the matter had been
transferred to the State Department of Criminal
Investigation.
He said, “The suspect is in custody, while the corpse has
been deposited at the morgue of the Military Hospital, Yaba.
The matter has been transferred to the SDCI for further
investigation.”