Two brothers named Abeeb and Idris and three others, met their untimely death as they were shot dead by some thugs while scrabbling for gifts shared by a Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the Ajegunle area of Lagos.

It was gathered that when the politician began to share gifts during his campaign, two factions of hoodlums felt sidelined and began shooting sporadically at each other in the midst of the crowd.

Abeeb, the elder of brothers from same parent, was shot twice in the belly and died instantly, while Idris, his younger brother, was initially rushed to a private hospital in the area before he died.

A police source confirmed the incidence saying “Two dead bodies from the rally were brought to the station by evening. Later, a well known politician showed up to arrange how they would be buried. This morning, we have gone to the Cemetery Market, Ajegunle, to pick up another corpse.”

A shop owner, who gave her name as Ojedokun, said the thugs looted her goods and shot continually, during which stray bullets injured several passersby.

She said, “Trouble started when the aspirant began to share out gifts to supporters. He gave out mobile phones, pressing irons, among other things. As people scrambled for those gifts, trouble began.

“The thugs brought out guns and began to shoot to scare away people. They began to smash bottles on the ground and attack one another. Even the policemen, who accompanied the rally, fled for their lives. Stray bullets hit people. We later heard that about six people were shot dead.”

Another resident said, “The two brothers, who were shot dead, are being buried as I speak to you. There is no one in their house as they have gone away. The corpse that we saw at the Cemetery Market was a man hacked to death, but the police have taken him away.”

Source: http://www.nigerianheadlines.com/two-brothers-three-others-shot-dead-politician-shared-gifts/

Wonder when nigerian youths re gonna grow up

Rip to the dead