Suspected hoodlums on Sunday abducted
and killed a doctor with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital,
Idi-Araba, Lagos, Thomas Adekoya-Cole, in the Itele area of Ijebu, Ogun
State.
PUNCH Metro gathered that
60-year-old Adekoya-Cole, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with LUTH,
was murdered while in his hometown to attend a public function.
Our correspondent gathered that Adekoya-Cole was cut with matchets after some hoodlums attacked him around 7.30am on Sunday.
It was learnt that the matter was reported at the police Area Command, Ijebu, and the Igbeba Police Division.
Our correspondent gathered that the doctor was initially rushed to a private hospital in the area, where he was confirmed dead.
A source in Ijebu Ode told PUNCH Metro
that the hoodlums came to Akongi Street, in the Itele area of Ijebu,
where some traditional worshippers were holding rites and initially
hacked one of them, identified as Omotayo Ogunbowale, to death.
He added that in the ensuing pandemonium, the worshippers and other people present fled to their houses for safety.
It was, however, gathered that the hoodlums came again at about 7am on Sunday and killed Adekoya-Cole.
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