Ogun Vigilante Service kills MAPOLY student, MTN staff

It was a black Sunday in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital when men of the Vigilante Service of the State,VSO shot dead a student of Moshod Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta; Moruf Raji, 29, and a staff of MTN, Akeem Usman ,32.The deceased were murdered while chasing some suspected armed robbers.

Mocubesblog gathered that the incident occurred at Adigbe town in Abeokuta, at about
1.00am.

A team of the Vigilante Service had chased the robbers to the area and later ordered residents of 18A Sorinola Avenue, Ori’yanrin, to open the gate, believing they were shielding the suspected bandits.

An eye witness recalled that occupants of the building, who were mostly students, refused to open the gate because they thought some unwanted persons wanted to gain entry.

Both Moruf and Akeem, it was learnt, went out of their rooms to find out the identity of the visitors. But as they attempted to open the gate, a member of the VSO fired live bullets killing the duo instantly.

Not done, the VSO team forced their way into the compound, then ransacked the rooms within the compound.The state government and police command are yet to react to the matter.

Meanwhile, a source says the students would mobilise to protest the unjust killing of their colleagues.