Badejo, and his security guard, Joshua Moses,
were shot by policemen in Lagos on Saturday
after they responded to a distress call about a
robbery at the banker's home in Ikota area of the
state.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the robbers had
attacked Badejo and his neighbours around 4am
and one of the neighbours made a distress call to
the police, but by the time the policemen arrived
about an hour later, the robbers had fled.
Badejo said he and his neighbours were in the
compound discussing what had transpired when
the policemen stormed the building and started
shooting sporadically.
He is currently receiving treatment at St.
Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island.
Badejo said, "I live in a one-storey building and
there are four tenants occupying the ground
floor. Around 4am, armed robbers stormed our
house.
"The robbers robbed all of us occupying the
ground floor. They stole my clothes, money,
phones and other valuables. While the robbery
was ongoing, one of the tenants called Maroko
Police Division."
Badejo said after the robbers had fled, scores of
policemen arrived at the house while one of
them started shooting indiscriminately, adding
that he was hit five times.
He said, "We (neighbours) were all inside the
compound counting our losses when we heard a
bang on the gate. Immediately the security guard
opened, one of the policemen started shooting
indiscriminately.
"The security guard was shot in the pelvis and in
the back but the bullet pierced through his chest.
I immediately took cover under a car but the
policeman came to where I was and started
shooting at me.
"Another policeman came behind me and shot.
The first shot came through my feet and
fractured my leg. Two shots grazed my thighs.
Another shot went through my biceps and came
out, while one went through my wrist.
Badejo added that it took the intervention of the
other neighbours as well as the Divisional Police
Officer of the station to prevent him from being
killed.
Badejo and the injured guard were immediately
rushed to the hospital. The guard was
subsequently transferred to General Hospital,
Broad Street, and then Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. He is said to be in a
critical condition.
One of our correspondents learnt that Badejo
was scheduled to give a lecture at a summit
organised by the bank on Saturday.
According to a colleague who craved anonymity,
the company executives were curious when he
did not show up as scheduled.
He said, "Badejo is in Total Quality Management
Department at the head office. He is part of the
team working on the 21st century transformation
which the bank is working on. He was supposed
to deliver a lecture at 8.30am but when we did
not see him, we began to wonder what went
wrong.
"It was not until later that we received words
from one his relatives that he was shot by
policemen."
Badejo, who berated the police for lack of
professionalism, said, "When the policemen came
into the compound, they didn't even ask any
questions. One of them just started shooting.
Even the armed robbers did not even assault me,
they only took my belongings."
On Tuesday, a commercial motorcycle rider,
Adigun Atilola, was shot by a policeman at
Ilupeju during the clampdown on okada riders.
The following day, a policeman, Oluwatiyesi
Gboyega, also allegedly shot and killed a bus
conductor during an argument over N50.
A call placed to the spokesperson for the state
police command, Ngozi Braide, on Sunday was
not answered and neither did she reply a text
message sent to her on the shooting of the
banker and security man.
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