Armed robbers
operating on a motorcycle on Tuesday night shot dead a member of the National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Osun State, Mukaila Adebayo.
Adebayo was accosted
by the two-man robbery gang at his containerized shop in Omo-west area, Osogbo,
where he sold credit recharge cards, cable subscription and also engaged in
mobile money transfer.
The deceased,
popularly called Alfa in the neighbourhood, was said to have been dispossessed
of a bag containing cash, refilled vouchers, POS machine and bunch of keys
before he was later shot by the assailants after closing for the day at his shop
at about 11:00p.m.
The criminals later
escaped on a motorcycle after they fired some gunshots into the air to scare
the residents in the area.
An eyewitness, Alani Azeez, said the incident
occurred late in the night and the sound of gunshot was too frightening for
anybody to accost the robbers. So, no one could come out to offer help to the
corps member until about 20 minutes after when residents were sure the robbers
were not lurking around.
The deceased’s
daughter (name withheld) was said to be with his father when he was shot and
was crying for help after the robbers had escaped.
An official of the
Public Relations Unit of the state NYSC confirmed the incident, adding that the
deceased was a serving corps member in the state. She said the NYSC secretariat
had contacted and condole with the family.
The state Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Folasade Odoro, also confirmed the incident.