The assailants, who struck on Sunday, killed two siblings, Azeezat Oriade and Abeeb Oriade. Two other siblings – Abdulazeez and Jamiu – were said to be in a critical condition at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, after the attack.
According to the report, the four victims were sleeping in the living room while their mother and one other daughter were in the bedroom when the assailants struck around 1am.
The attackers tore the mosquito net on one of the windows to gain access to the apartment and hit the four children with heavy objects.
Their mother and neighbours were woken by the screams of Abdulazeez. Their father, Lateef, a commercial driver, was not at home on the eventful night.
The eldest of the siblings, Azeezat, 21, died immediately while her brother, Abeeb, a Senior Secondary School 1 student, gave up the ghost at the Ikorodu General Hospital.
A former chairman of the community development association in the area, Alhaji Wale Oladunjoye, said the victims’ parents were traumatised and had been relocated by their relatives.
He said, “A few minutes after 1am, somebody banged on my door, shouting that the Oriades have been attacked. I called my brother and we went to the apartment. The incident was reported at the Ipakodo Police Division.
“Initially, I thought it was armed robbery, but I was baffled when I realised that nothing was stolen in the building. Four children were brutally injured. Azeezat died instantly. We rushed the three others to the Ikorodu General Hospital.
“After Abeeb died, the two others were referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja where they were rejected. We had to move them down to LUTH.
“Abdulazeez’s head and jaw were broken and he lost several teeth. The family has been asked to raise N500,000 for urgent surgeries on his head.”
David, another resident, said the attack was the third in four months in the neighbourhood, urging the government to take steps to stop the bloodbath.
He said such attacks were becoming rampant and were suspected to be perpetrated by a gang of ritual killers, who also terrorised Ibeshe, a neighbouring community.
Spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the incident and said the force has lunched a manhunt for the suspects.
source:punchng
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