Sad! Vigilante Shoots Self Dead Trying to Scare Thieves Away

Posted by Lolade on Thu 08th Oct, 2015 - tori.ng

A member of a vigilante group accidentally shot himself dead in an attempt to scare thieves away.

A censored photo of Ekundayo's corpse

The deceased, identified as Ogundare Ekundayo was a member of a neighbourhood watch and was one of a three-man team guarding Osholanke Street, Ebute Meta iin Lagos.

He accidentally shot himself dead while attempting to scare away thieves from the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State.

It was learnt that around 4am, when they were expected to round off guarding the area,he reportedly shot into the air to scare away any thief that might be in the area as was the vigilante's’ custom.

However, when he fired the shot, the bullet hit an object which ricocheted it towards him and struck him in the head, Punch reports.

His duty colleague, Fatai Raimi, reportedly ran to the spot upon hearing the shot, and discovered the victim dead.

The matter was immediately reported at the Denton Police Division while Ekundayo’s remains were taken to the Mainland General Hospital mortuary.

The police arrested Raimi, who insisted that he was innocent.

Raimi said:“I have known the deceased for some time now. He was my boss; he recruited me into the vigilance group, but we were employed by the community.

“There were three of us guarding Osholanke Street, but the third person did not come that day because he was ill.

“My master (Ekundayo) and I were together, but when it was getting to 4am, he went down the street alone.

“I suddenly heard a shot from his gun and I rushed there only to see he had mistakenly shot himself dead.”

A source said the victim was not properly trained on how to use a gun.