UNILAG Student Shot Dead By Armed Robber Over Iphone 7 Plus

A 23-year-old student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) was shot dead while chasing an armed robber who stole a schoolmate's iPhone 7 Plus.

The deceased was shot at close range on the left side of his head and he died on the spot. According to an eyewitness, the ATM card found on him bears the name Adekunle.

The tragic incident happened when one of the hoodlums suspected of working with the fleeing suspect appeared from nowhere and shot the UNILAG student when he was closing in on the suspect on Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of the state. The newspaper reported that an eyewitness said the UNILAG student died on the spot after the robber’s accomplice shot him in the head.

According to Legit News, it was gathered from a girl that gave her name as Opeyemi, who claimed to be a student of Business Administration, UNILAG, that she and the deceased, whom she knew as a student of UNILAG, boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba and were heading to UNILAG when she got dispossessed of her iPhone 7 Plus by a thief hanging at the back of the bus. “She said the deceased attempted to help by pursuing the robber but in the process, another group of persons came out and one of them shot him at a close range on the left side of his head and he died on the spot.

The Lagos State Police Command, PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the police had commenced an investigation to arrest the suspects.

MyschoolNews reporting.