OPC KILL 7-MONTH PREGNANT WOMAN IN A SHOOT-OUT WITH VANDALS IN LAGOS

A seven-month pregnant lady, identified as Mrs. Damilola Fajana, who got married last year, was shot and killed during the battle between oil vandals and members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), guiding the oil pipelines.

She was cut in the cross fire between the OPC and the vandals, who wore army camouflage uniforms and red bandana.

An eye witness said: “She was shot on the neck and lost consciousness. A man driving in his own car saw her and tried to take her to hospital, but OPC men prevented him. It took the intervention of a policewoman before OPC allowed her to be taken to hospital. She was however rejected at the private hospital she was taken to. She died on the way to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).”

Residents in the area explained that the vandals who stormed the community in a commando style, came on a reprisal attacked, to avenge the killing of one of their colleagues. The said colleague was allegedly killed by the OPC guarding the pipelines on Sunday.  

The reprisal attack started on Monday, but snowballed on Wednesday, leading to the shooting and instant death of Damilola. The deceased was said to have been killed, as the vandals, shot sporadically, making their way to the shore of the river.

Another resident said: “The lady killed was a lawyer. She was returning from the hospital, where she went to visit his husband who had been on the sick bed for some days, when they killed her. She woman was   making a U turned to her resident at Duru Street, Beach land Estate, when the unfortunate bullet hit her on the neck.”

Another resident of the area, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the vandals started screaming as their gun fire rocked the community.

The resident continued: “They screamed that they didn’t want OPC in the community. They said they were comfortable with mobile policemen attached to the area. After shooting for a while, they went straight to the security post and set it ablaze. Due to the incessant attacks in the area, some of the landlords had packed out of their buildings, relocating to other areas.”