Employer demands probe, after staff survives gunshot attack

Alhaji Akeem Alade has embarked on what he described as, ‘battle for justice,’ against one Kehinde, whom he alleged attempted to snuff out the life of one of his employees for some unfathomable reasons.

The victim’ Lateef Ganiu, who is said to be responding to treatment, had more than 35 pellets removed from him, with more embedded in his body.

According to Alade, he was not on ground on the day of the attack on his worker, Ganiu, but he heard that the shooter, went into his plot of land situated at the Ikorodu area of the state and for no reasons, started shooting like he was reenacting a wild west movie.    

People nearby were said to have scampered for safety, but gunshots were alleged to hit Ganiu.

The shooter thereafter simply disappeared. It took the intervention of the police to be able to arrest the shooter, Mr. Kehinde, who is now being quizzed at the Homicide department of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Yaba, Lagos State.

Alade said: “All I want from the police now is justice! I want the man to be charged to the court, so that he would explain why he shot my staff, Ganiu. I see this as a clear case of attempted murder! I don’t even know the man and I didn’t have any issue with him. But I learnt he was having issue with the person that owns land beside mine. But why he should jump into my land to start shooting is what I don’t know and what I wish to understand.”

Alade who said he did not know how many time his staff was shot, added, “He was shot several times! It’s a miracle that he survived!”

It was gathered that on March, 13, 2014, at about 5pm, Alade reported a case of attempted murder one of his staff.

Alade reportedly told police that on the same date, at about 3:30pm, Ganiu was shot at the left shoulder with gun by some hoodlums, led by one Mr. Kehinde and Waheed, at Adamo town Ikorodu.

A police source said: “The victim was rushed to General Hospital, Imota, Ikorodu. Alade said that when the victim was shot, the suspect who fired the gun alerted their leader, one Julius and told him that he had killed one of them, unaware that the victim didn’t die and was listening to the phone conversation.

“As if this was not enough, when the victim was rushed to the hospital, one of them located the victim’s ward and made calls to other hoodlums.”

Alade was alleged to have been told by hospital staff about the strange visit of the men, who came to hospital and made calls and fearing the worst, moved Ganiu out of the hospital.

Another police source said: “Police investigators located the shooter’s residence and arrested him. He had been asked several times why he shot the victim, but he refused to talk. Investigation reveals that the shooter and victim or even the victim’s boss is not fighting with the suspect over anything. There was no reason for the shooting.”

Meanwhile, the victim is said to be recuperating, after several pellets were removed from his body.