Gunmen kill guest in Benin nightclub, girl friend sustain gunshot injury, hospitalized

A guest at the popular club and lounge in Benin City has reportedly been shot dead in the early hours of Friday, leaving his girlfriend with gunshot injuries.

A source who spoke on conditions of anonymity to DAILY POST said the corpse of the deceased had been deposited in a mortuary while the girlfriend had been rushed to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.

The source noted that the deceased whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, was to pack into his personal house by December ending.

Though details of the incident were still sketchy, there were conflicting reports on the death of the young man.

One of the sources explained that the deceased had disagreed with a fellow guest on whom he allegedly spilt a drink.

The source said, the deceased had apologized to the fellow but after the apology, his fellow guest who appeared to have accepted the apology went outside, unknown to the deceased that he had invited his friends.

The source said no sooner than the deceased entered his white Lexus Jeep that the gunmen ambushed him and shot him inside the vehicle.

He added that stray bullets also hit the deceased’s girlfriend on the lap.

Another account had it that it could be as a result of a failed business transaction.

He said the deceased may have flouted the agreements he had with his colleagues during the business transaction.

A visit to the club and lounge showed that the glass doors and several properties of the facility were destroyed during the incident.

Personnel of the Nigeria Police were around the scene of the incident.

The white Lexus jeep of the deceased was seen being towed away by a private towing van operator.

When contacted, the Edo State Police Command, however, said the two victims were not dead but were rushed to hospital for treatment.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Moses Iyamu, who confirmed the incident said, the two people who were shot were evacuated to the hospital for medical attention.

According to him, the police received a distress call around 3 am that there were gunshots at the Raptor Club along Stadium Road.

“The operatives on reaching the scene went after the hoodlums who escaped and abandoned a pump action gun and two expended empty shells”, he said

Yamu added that an investigation is ongoing to arrest the perpetrators.