{"id":8233,"date":"2013-08-12T19:40:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/guard-on-rescue-mission-kills-boss-in-error\/"},"modified":"2013-08-12T19:40:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T19:40:08","slug":"guard-on-rescue-mission-kills-boss-in-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/guard-on-rescue-mission-kills-boss-in-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Guard on rescue mission kills boss in error"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old security guard, Segun Salami, for allegedly killing his boss, Alhaji Taiyewo Awolesi, in Ewuowa, Ikorodu area of the state.<\/p>\n

The police said the suspect was on his way to rescue Awolesi, who was being harassed by touts in the area, when he shot him in error.<\/p>\n

But Salami said the bullet, which killed his master on July 25, 2013, did not emanate from his gun.<\/p>\n

Salami, said, \u201cI am a security guard in the neighbourhood and I am also a bricklayer at a cemetery in the area. A telecoms company is constructing a mast on Alhaji\u2019s (Awolesi\u2019s) property and he called me to help him to do some work.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I had completed the work, he gave me N500 and I left. I was on my way to the cemetery when I started hearing gunshots.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlhaji called me on the telephone, saying I should come to his rescue because touts were harassing him for money because of the mast being constructed on his land.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to get my locally made gun, put some gun powder in it and rushed back to Alhaji\u2019s land which is very close to the cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salami said on arriving at the scene, he met a large number of thugs. He said he instructed the deceased to run away from the scene and report at the police station.<\/p>\n

He said he had not even brought out his gun when the deceased was killed.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI strapped the gun to my back and was attempting to disperse the thugs when someone shot Alhaji.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately after Alhaji fell to the ground, all the hoodlums fled. I tried to get him to a hospital but he died on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The indigene of Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, described the incident as the handiwork of the devil.<\/p>\n

The suspect, who claimed to be married with two children, said the deceased was his benefactor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlhaji was a very nice man. When my wife gave birth to a baby boy two weeks ago, he gave us money. It was those hoodlums that caused the whole thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When asked if he was licensed to own a gun, he said, \u201cThe gun was not mine, it belonged to my grandfather and we used to to hunt birds.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was learnt that Awolesi had been buried according to Islamic rites.<\/p>\n

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said she would call back.<\/p>\n

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