Guests Kill 29-Year-Old Motorcyclist At Birthday Party [Photo]

There was confusion at a birthday party on Agbekolade Street in the Mushin area of Lagos on Sunday after some of the guests hacked a 29-year-old motorcyclist, Lateef Sura, to death. Our correspondent learnt that Lateef, who had just returned from work, had gone to the party at about 8pm on the invitation of a yet-to-be-identified friend. It was gathered that while Lateef was about to enter the gathering, some of the guests brought out weapons and attacked him. PUNCH Metrolearnt that the party was quickly deserted after Lateef laid in a pool of blood. He was thereafter rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, where he was confirmed dead. It was gathered that the matter was reported at the Alakara Police Division, and policemen came to arrest the party organisers. When our correspondent visited the street on Monday, residents lamented the killing of the 29-year-old. The deceased’s mother, Mrs. Bolatumi Saka, said Lateef had gone to a shop to eat bread and egg, when a friend invited him to the party. The woman added that her son was killed by suspected cultists, despite not engaging in street violence. She said, “He was an easy-going person, and rode a motorcycle for a living. When he came back on Sunday evening, he went to a mallam’s shop to eat bread and egg. As he sat down, one of his friends walked by and said, ‘Lateef, let’s see someone briefly at that party.’ “They said it was a birthday party. A man threw a party for his one-year-old child. But, at about 8.30pm, somebody raised the alarm that Lateef was in a pool of blood. We rushed him to LUTH, but he was confirmed dead. “Everybody ran away after the killing of my son. I know that the killers of my son will soon meet their waterloo.” The younger brother, Olalekan Saka, said the deceased told him at about 6pm that he wanted to eat, have his bath and relax from the hectic day’s work. He said, “He did not plan for any party. I saw him at about 6pm. The next call I received was that he had been killed. “When I got to the place, his blood was all over the scene. He was stabbed in the shoulder and side.” A police source said two principal suspects, who were at the party, had also been arrested in the Fadeyi area on Monday. One of them, identified as Morufu Liadi, was said to have been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, for further investigation. A landlord in the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the two suspects were Toba’s boys. “We knew that Lateef was not a threat to anyone because he was an easy-going person. Our street is also not a hub of cultists. It was the party that brought different kinds of people. The two suspects are Toba’s boys. They must have mistaken the deceased for a member of one of the rival gangs.” The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, said he would get back to our correspondent on the matter. He, however, had yet to get back as of press time.
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