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March 2, 20178:59 amIn NewsComments By Evelyn Usman LAGOS—Unknown gunmen, at
the early hours of yesterday, stormed a Church at Mosafejo, Agbowa town, in
Ikorodu area of Lagos, shooting a woman and her three children to death.
Identities of the victims were yet to be ascertained at press time.
But Vanguard was informed that the children
were aged four, five and nine, respectively. The reason for the gruesome murder
could not be ascertained either. But Vanguard learned that the gunmen invaded
the uncompleted building used by C& S Church, Kokoro-Aye Parish, at about
3a.m.
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invented by Teads A resident, who gave his name as Okuntobi, said: “We were
rattled from sleep by sounds of gunshots. But no one could go out because we
were scared they could be robbers.
It was after the noise died down that we heard
a shout for help. “When we rushed to the uncompleted building used by the
church, we saw bodies of a woman and her three children in a pool of their
blood. We learned that she came for vigil since Friday.
“The children died on the spot, but their
mother was rushed to the hospital where she also gave up the ghost.”
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, who
confirmed the incident, said investigation had commenced. Owoseni said:
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