{"id":114790,"date":"2024-04-01T17:18:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/man-lounging-in-his-balcony-shot-dead-in-abeokuta"},"modified":"2024-04-01T17:18:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:18:26","slug":"man-lounging-in-his-balcony-shot-dead-in-abeokuta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-lounging-in-his-balcony-shot-dead-in-abeokuta","title":{"rendered":"Man lounging in his balcony shot dead in Abeokuta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ogun State Police Command on Monday confirmed that gunmen shot a man dead in front of his house in Abeokuta, the state capital.<\/p>\n

The command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, stated that two gunmen alighted from an unregistered Toyota Corolla vehicle and shot the man in his head as he was lounging in front of his house on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The assailants, she said, fled the scene immediately.<\/p>\n

She stated that upon hearing gunshots, neighbours raised an alarm and placed a call to the police to report the incident.<\/p>\n

Police got to the scene and found the man lifeless in a pool of his own blood, she also stated.<\/p>\n

Odutola added that doctors at the State Hospital, Abeokuta, confirmed the man dead and the body was deposited at the hospital\u2019s morgue for autopsy.<\/p>\n

She stated also that no arrest had been made, but that investigations had gone underway.<\/p>\n

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