A 20-year-old man was accosted and murdered by assailants on the streets of Okokomaiko in the Ojo area of Lagos State.

The Lagos State Police Command has begun a thorough probe into the unfortunate incident.

In a statement released, the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the police received a distress call from concerned members of the public, reporting that a group of four unidentified gunmen were seen chasing the deceased along Abeokuta Street, Okokomaiko. and firing gunshots targeted at his head, stomach, and legs, before fleeing the scene.

“Upon receiving the information about 9:30pm., our anti-crime team was immediately dispatched to the scene. There, they met one Ms. Vivian, the mother of the deceased, who identified the victim as her 20-year-old son. The young man, whose name is being withheld for security reasons, had been fatally shot multiple times.”

”Investigation is currently in progress, and efforts are ongoing to trace and arrest the suspects. This act of violence will not go unpunished,” Hundeyin stated.

Hundeyin said the remains of the deceased has been deposited at the Infectious Disease Hospital, IDH, Mortuary in Yaba, Lagos, for further examination.

He addded that the police has since intensified efforts to track down the fleeing suspects, with Hundeyin assuring the public that every resource would be utilized to bring the culprits to justice.