NYSC member shot dead in Oghara

Sapele—A National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member,
Mr. Toritseju Lodge, was, on Monday, killed by gunmen
at Oghara in Delta State, in front of his rented apartment.
The NYSC member, a graduate from one of the
universities in Oghara, Delta State, and serving in Imo
State, was said to have returned to the house he was
staying in Oghara to celebrate the Easter with friends,
when the masked gunmen shot him.

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According to a family source, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, “Toritseju’s parents stay in Sapele, but he
has a rented apartment in Oghara. So when he came for
the Easter celebration from where he was serving in Imo
State, he chose to stay there.
“He was standing outside that night with a teenager at
about 11p.m., checking his phone when the gunmen
suddenly emerged and shot him thrice.
“They took his mobile phone, removed the SIM and
memory cards before destroying the phone and
disappearing into the night.”
The teenager, who was with him at the time, hid
underneath a car parked close by.
All efforts to reach the state Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, were futile as calls to
his phone were not going through.
However, a police source confirmed the story in Oghara
and added that “his parents reported the case to us and
Toju’s body has been deposited in the morgue.”