A 27- year -old footballer, Damilola popularly
known as Bebo , has been shot dead by
suspected cultists .
He was attacked by three men around 7pm at
a carwash near Greenland junction at Abesan
Estate in Mosan - Okunola Local Council
Development Area ( LCDA ) of Lagos .
He was going to get drugs after a football
match when he was shot . The police were
said to have deposited his body in a morgue .
His friends and colleagues described him as
calm and easy going. Until his death, he
reportedly lived alone at Federal Estate
following his parents and siblings relocation
abroad . His grandmother, it was learnt , lives in
Ota, Ogun State.
One Abayomi, who witnessed the incident
said , he and Bebo played football together on
Greenland Field . He said Bebo left his boots
and shin guards with him to get food at a
nearby canteen. No sooner had he left the
field than they heard gunshots in the area.
The cultists had been in the area before to
trail him , Abayomi said .
“ We normally play football on Tuesdays and
Thursdays . We played together yesterday in
the same group. After we finished , we all
went out and sat down beside the field . He
pulled off his boot and went to a restaurant
very close to the field . He ate rice and after
eating , he said he wanted to buy drugs by
the carwash close to the field . The next
thing we heard was a gunshot . So everyone
rushed to our side wondering what
happened . But before we knew what
happened , we saw Bebo already down in a
pool of blood .
“ Some people said they saw him with some
three guys . They greeted each other but
after greeting the third person , he shot him
in the head at a very close range . Before
they rushed him to a nearby hospital here,
the Doctor refused him, they rushed him to
another private hospital at the gate , the
doctor also rejected him. Then they took
him to the general hospital , but he gave up
on the way.
“ So they now returned him to the same spot
where he was killed . It was a very painful
thing. The bullet opened his head . You can
see how everywhere is silent , nobody can
come out . We normally train here . I had to
call most of my friends that come from
other areas not to come . But those who did
not hear about the incident still came this
morning and we went to the second field to
train . ”
He described the deceased as a friend and a
brother.
“ A very gentle person , he doesn ’ t fight . He
is a very nice guy but I believe there is
something fishy everyone does not know . It
is obvious that what happened is on a
cultist level , ” he said .
It was learnt that the police invited some boys
in the area for interrogation.
Mr Emeka , a regular face at the field said
Bebo was always around the field since
childhood . He said people generally converged
on the field to smoke and chit -chat. He said
though appeared gentle whenever he came
around, he might be threading hard path
unknown to people .

Ouch!
This is so sad a news. May his soul rest in peace.
And for those who cut his youthful life short, May they be caught speedily.

valachi: Ouch!
This is so sad a news. May his soul rest in peace.
And for those who cut his youthful life short, May they be caught speedily.

Amen