James Sowole in Akure
Omoyemi Akinbamiwa, was late on Sunday shot dead by gunmen around Coca Cola Area of Ondo City.
Akinbamiwa said to be one of the sons on a popular food vendor in Ondo City, the headquarters of the Ondo West Local Government, was killed in the town while in company of a boy.
An eyewitness said the deceased was allegedly shot by the gunmen, who rode to where she was on a motorcycle.
A source said the gunmen shot the lady who was preparing to travel out of the country at a close range while the boy in her company ran away.
The robbers were also said to have fired several gunshots into the air to scare people in the area and thereby caused confusion in the entire area.
The source said a team from the Special Anti-Robbery Division of Yaba Divisional Police station in the town later arrived the scene few minutes later to assess the situation.
The remains of the Akinbamiwa was later removed by the police to the morgue of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Ondo State Command, Mr. Femi Joseph, said the police have arrested the boy that was with the girl before she was shot.
Joseph said the police was looking at several angles on the incident because the lady’s bag containing her laptop and her phone was beside her.
He said the police had commenced investigation on the incident.
