Otodo-Gbame Resident Survivor Recounts Ordeal
Residents of Otodo-Gbame, yesterday, complained bitterly after they were flushed out of the community and their properties burnt by men in police uniform leaving them stranded and some injured.
Monday Idowu one of the residents who was shot in the chest, said he was helping his mother to pack some of her loads when the bullet hit him. The 16-year-old boy who could hardly speak said; “I was just helping my mother to pack things in the house, suddenly, I felt a shot on my chest. “I started bleeding and still running. I kept running until some people came to my aid. They carried me into a boat and I was taken to the hospital. I was discharged on Monday afternoon. “Currently, I don’t know where my mother and siblings are. We are six siblings, two boys and four girls. I don’t know what next to do.
“I am an apprentice. I just enrolled as a barber this year. I couldn’t finish my education due to financial constraint. I was born into the community, today, I have been rendered homeless. Some of them, who spoke to newsmen said Sunday’s attack caught them unaware. According to a resident, Mr. Tosinhun Paska, ‘’There was no prior notice before the police came into the community and set the entire place on fire.’’ Another resident, Mrs. Hungha Nofi also said; My family is left with nothing. I was unable to take anything from the community. Some of us who escaped were unable to take even clothes out of the place. ‘’We only escaped with the clothes we were wearing when the police invaded the community. They chased all of us out and did not give us chance to take a pin.”
