YABATECH student shot dead during military action in Lagos

Balogun Sultan, a National Diploma II pupil of Yaba College of Technology, has died aft being allegedly struck by gunfire during a information cognition successful Lagos.

Sultan, who was enrolled successful the college’s region learning programme, was reportedly heading location aft an introspection erstwhile the incidental occurred.

What was intended to beryllium an mean schoolhouse time reportedly turned tragic.

“One of the things astir our people is that we lone travel to field for exams. We usually person 2 weeks of in-person lectures earlier each exam, and aft that, we spell backmost home,” a chap pupil recounted, visibly shaken.

According to sources, Sultan had completed a Research Methods duty and was connected his regular travel location connected Tuesday, taking a conveyance from the WAEC autobus halt to Lagos Island, wherever helium lived.

“He was conscionable making his accustomed travel home. Nothing astir the time suggested it would extremity similar this,” different pupil explained.

Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers had entered the country to quell a reported cult clash. Sultan was allegedly deed by stray bullets fired during the operation.

“There had been reports of a imaginable cult clash, and soldiers were deployed to incorporate it. Unfortunately, Balogun was caught successful the crossfire portion returning home,” a root said.

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