More details have emerged how the late Deputy
Saturday Editor of Newswatch, Mr Toyin Obadina was
shot midnight Friday and later died on Saturday.
Daily Sun gathered that Obadina left office late on
Friday and arrived Ikorodu around 12 midnight. At
Ikorodu, he was said to have stopped to withdraw
money from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in
preparation for a journey he was to embarked on
Saturday.
According to investigation, tragedy struck after he
withdraw the money and was heading towards his
residence on Shagamu Road in the Ikorodu area of
Lagos.
It was gathered that a two Sports Utility Vehicle
suddenly double crossed him.
Immediately, he was forced to halt his vehicle, a
Toyota Yaris, the suspected robbers attacked and
collected the money he withdrew from the ATM, and
one of the hoodlums shot him twice in the abdomen
and fled the scene.
However, sympathizers came to his rescue. They
found his phone and were able to get his wife
number. They called her several times but before she
eventually picked the call she was informed of the
situation of her husband and she rushed to joined
the "good Samaritans".
He was rushed to a private hospital in Ikorodu from
where he was referred to Gbagada General Hospital ,
informed source confided to our reporter.
Continuing, the source said, " We moved him to the
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH),
Ikeja. As we were going, he was bleeding profusely
but initially, the hospital refused to admit him but
the wife knelt down and she was begging the
hospital management to consider the life of her
husband and he was later admitted.
" We were later asked to deposited the sum of
N125,000 for operation and other contingencies
which we did and the Managing Director CEO of
Newswatch Moses Jolayemi assured the hospital of
the managements willingness to offset any other
further bills that may occurred.
"He was immediately taken to the theater where he
was operated and two bullet were extracted. He later
became conscious and was stable for some time
before he started complaining of severe abdominal
pains, but he was told that he was just operated
upon. He was able to tell how two SUV's double-
crossed him and shot him.
"We left the hospital but on Saturday afternoon, our
MD received a call that Obadina finally succumbed to
death. I am still in shock because everybody has
celebrated that he survived the attack."
When Daily Sun visited Newswatch office, the staff
were discussing the issue as some of them just knew
about the death of a man who was hale and hearty
on Friday.The staff who described the deceased as a
quite and hardworking man.
They called on the police to fish out the killer of
Obadina as it would not augur well if those who
commuted the dastardly act go unpunished.
They also called on the police to intensify their
patrols to forestal such ugly situation.
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned
the killing of late Journalist by suspected armed
robbers.
In a statement signed by the President of NGE, Mr.
Femi Adesina, the body while condoling the family of
the slain journalist and the entire members of the
journalism profession for the loss of a compatriot,
demanded that killers of Obadina be fished out to
face justice for the dastard act.
[Source: Daily Sun]

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