Gunmen have shot and macheted to death a politician, Oluwatosin Onamade, in the Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Onamade, until his death, was an aspirant for the chairmanship position of Ijede Local Council Development Area under the banner of the All Progressives Congress.

His distraught brother, Oluwafemi Onamade, who managed to speak with our correspondent, lamented that the assailants had been trailing his elder brother before the unfortunate day.

Narrating the incident which happened on Saturday night, in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Metro, Femi said the assailants were clad in black outfits with no one seeing their faces.

Femi, who had once survived a similar attack alongside his brother, said the gunmen used a machete on the deceased when the bullets earlier fired from their guns did not penetrate his body.

“It happened around 9 pm on Saturday. They were two gunmen. They were wearing black outfits and no one could recognise them. His aide said he could not wait when he heard gunshots. They shot at him and macheted him in front of his house. It happened at his house in Ijede, Oluwatosin Onamade Street. The street is named after him.

“They shot him. When the bullets did not penetrate in time, they used machetes on his head and face,” he said.

Suspecting that his brother’s death was linked to his political ambition, Femi said, “They know he had an upper hand and many followers.”

He explained that an attack had been made on his brother in 2021 which he survived.

“An attack had been made in 2021 and some of the culprits are still in prison but judgment has not been made yet.”

In an interview with The PUNCH in 2021, the deceased narrated his traumatic encounter with alleged political assassins, who killed one of his staff members.

He said the incident happened on April 16, 2021.




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