Kunle Ajibade, 28, a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State has been reportedly stabbed and shot dead in Ijeshatedo Area of Surulere in the state.
According to Punch Newspaper, the murderer stabbed the deceased at his house and trailed him to a hospital where he was receiving treatment and rained bullets on him multiple times.
It was gathered that the circumstances surrounding Kunle’s death started during a celebration tagged Prosper Day, held last Saturday on Ijikoyijo Street, Ijeshatedo, where Kunle was the vice-chairman of the NURTW.
Members of two rival gangs reportedly attended the party to also catch fun.
While one of the gang members was led by a man identified as My Son, the other gang was led by a transport worker identified as Kolom.
The victim’s brother, Kehinde, who is demanding thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of his brother said trouble started when one Malik, a member of Kolom’s gang, started misbehaving after drinking to a stupor around 10pm.
He claimed that Malik’s action infuriated members of the other gang, which led to a fight between the groups explaining, “Also in Ijesha, there is a group known as the Ultimate, led by one Alaka. During the fight, members of the Ultimate group supported My Son group. Kunle and some people tried to settle the fight. But Alaka became annoyed and engaged in a shouting match with my brother. One of Alaka’s boys, Jabi, even broke a bottle on my brother’s head, but we ensured that the matter was settled for peace to reign. The party ended and everyone went home”.
He alleged that Alaka, however, led his gang to attack Kunle at midnight, adding that they stabbed him with different weapons, including machetes.
According to him, “I was asleep when my phone rang around 2am. I checked it and realised that it was my wife calling. I picked it, but my mother started speaking and she said I should go to Ijikoyijo Street because some people had used machetes to inflict serious wounds on Kunle. When I got there, I was told that they had taken my brother to a private hospital on Ogunmuyiwa Street. On my way there, I met his friends, who said while at the hospital, Alaka led his boys to attack the medical facility and shot my brother. They shot him in the hand, back and thigh. Even without the gunshots, the probability of him surviving the injuries he suffered during the attack with machetes was low. They cut his hand and head. I have Alaka’s voice recordings confirming that he attacked my brother. After the attack at the hospital, my brother’s friends rushed him to the Adetutu Hospital on Kosoko Street in Ijesha. My mum and I went to meet him there and decided to rush him to LUTH because the injuries were serious. We hired a tricycle, but he died on the way”.
