Vigilante kills student

The late Temitope

•‘He attacked me’
Did Temitope Bamidele provoke a night guard at Bumbest Hostel in Ogbomoso, Oyo State? Temitope, a 500-Level Electrical Electronics Engineering student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, is not alive to defend himself. He was allegedly shot dead by a physically-challenged night guard  working in the hostel.

The incident happened on Sunday when the deceased, an indigene of the town, was leaving a birthday party for another event. He was said to have left with the host, who dropped him off at 11pm in Taki.
Instead of going to the second party, CAMPUSLIFE learnt, the late Temitope stopped by at Bumbest Hotel whose owner is his acquaintance.
A source told our correspondent that a hot argument ensued between the late Temitope and the night guard, who allegedly shot him in the stomach. The gunshot caused panic in the hotel as customers ran out to know what was happening.
It was learnt that the deceased was left in a pool of his own blood for hours before he was rushed to Bowen Teaching Hospital where he died.
The following morning, the guard was picked up by the police. As he was being whisked away, he kept repeating: “He (the late Temitope) attacked me first; I attacked him back to defend myself.”

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