Youth Corper Lawal Kontagora was murdered by some hoodlums in Malali, Kaduna North Local Government
Area of Kaduna State, on Monday, October 17. Lawal, who would have been 26 yesterday, October 22, was the first
child of his mother, Hajiya Hafsat Lawal Kontagora, and
the eighth child of the family.
A friend of the family, Yusuf Ma’aji
Kontagora, said Lawal was a complete gentleman.
Yusuf told a Daily Trust correspondent that the family got to know about the incident around 11pm on Monday.
"Lawal, we learnt, was in his car, chatting with his friend, Murja
outside her parents’ house located on Gambi Road in Malali when two
young men came out from an uncompleted building and tapped on the window
of the vehicle. He brought down the glass and they asked them to step
out of the car and kneel down, which they did. The hoodlums asked them to surrender their phones, so Lawal got up to
get the phones from the car. I believe one of the hoodlums got impatient
with Lawal and before he could get the phones from the car, they shot
him in the leg.
"His leg scattered completely because the shot was at close range, then
they used a weapon called ‘Gario’ in Hausa, and stabbed him in the head.
After they left, he dragged himself into his car and started it,
thinking he could drive himself to the hospital, but because he was
losing a lot of blood, he was not able to.
"When the incident was taking place, his friend, Murja fled and went to
call for help. When the hoodlums discovered that people were coming to
help, they started shooting in the air. He died on his way to the
hospital," he said.
Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Usman Aliyu,
said two suspects had been arrested in connection with the case, adding
that the command was investigating the matter.
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