An employee of Supersports, Kunle Fajugbabe, has been killed by armed robbers in the Bariga area of Lagos State.
It was learnt that the deceased had gone to withdraw money from an Automated Teller Machine at a Wema Bank branch located on Jagunmolu Street around 11.30pm when he was attacked by the robbers.
It was learnt that the 38-year-old indigene of Ekiti State was shot.
The assailants were said to have also snatched Kunle’s Mazda salon car and fled, leaving him in a pool of blood.
It was learnt that policemen attached to the Bariga Division, who were on night patrol, saw Kunle’s body and took him to the station before his family members were contacted.
The police were said to have taken him to the Gbagada General Hospital where he died two hours later.
Our correspondent, who visited the family home of the deceased at a one-room apartment on Ososa Street, Bariga, on Saturday, learnt that he was survived by a wife and three children.
Kunle’s wife, who identified herself only as Mrs. Fajugbabe, told our correspondent that her husband’s car was recovered three days later in the Ogudu area of the state.
She said, “My husband was on leave when the incident occurred. He left the house that evening and a few hours later, I was informed that he had been shot. He passed away a few hours later.
“My husband was a technician at Supersports, and as you can see, life has not been easy. I have three children to feed, my oldest child is just eight years old while the youngest is a baby.
“I am presently unemployed and I would be happy if anyone could help me in securing a job so that I can take care of these children.”
It was learnt that the deceased had been buried.
A police report obtained by our correspondent from the Police B Operations Department read, “On December 30, 2013, around 11.30pm, while on vehicular patrol at a spot near Wema Bank, Bariga Branch, one Kunle Fajugbage was found in a pool of blood where he was shot by unknown persons.
“The victim was rushed to the Gbagada General Hospital for treatment. The following day, around 9am, the victim’s relation, one Toyin Ademurele, came to the station and reported that the deceased gave up the ghost at the hospital while receiving treatment.”
The deceased’s wife said there was a need for the police to curb the incessant robberies in the area.
Meanwhile, It was learnt that Kunle’s death is just one among many which has occurred in Bariga and its environs this year.
Our correspondent, who also visited Somolu, learnt that robbers had been terrorising residents for the past one week.
It was said gangsters and robbers in the area had maimed many, while no fewer than four persons had died in the past three weeks.