Sunday, 3 March 2013

DAMINO

Following speculation that there would be reprisal attacks over the killing of an upcoming Hip-hop artiste and student of the Lagos State University, Damino Damoche, another student has been reportedly shot dead.
Details of the shooting is not clear but there are indications that this is as a result of the killing which happened last Thursday at the institution’s second gate.
Meanwhile, Damoche, the student who was earlier killed has been laid to rest today in Ipaja. He was shot three times by unknown gunmen suspected to be cult members.
Many people have condemned the killing and called for a stop to the menace of cultism in the country’s tertiary institutions.
Tributes and mourning might be going on for student and hip-hop artist, Damilola Olaniyan popularly known as Damino Damoche but students who fear the deceased might have been a cult member believed his gang plan to stage a revenge attack at the Lagos State University, Ojo.
The two gunmen who murdered Damoche are still at large with the police yet to make an arrest and it is believed that students are living in fear that more trouble might be coming.
Reporters who visited the school on Friday said it was unusually empty.
One student who pleaded anonymity allegedly said:  “A lot of people here are saying he was a member of the Buccaneer Confraternity. Two rival cults – Eiye and Black Axe – had a confrontation some time ago.
“They later reached a truce and tackled the Black Axe together. They allegedly killed a Black Axe member some time ago. So, Damoche’s murder may have been in retaliation for that killing.
“He was shot around 4pm. By 6pm, people were advised to steer clear of LASU-Iba Road,” he said.
Another unidentified student said Damoche who was in his final year was waiting for a bus at the bus stop near the rear gate on LASU-Iba Road after a football match when he was shot by some boys on a motorcycle.
Friends who knew the deceased continue to post tributes on his Facebook page:
Adewunmi Adson said: “What could you have done to the cultists that all they could think of was repay you with this painful death? But you didn’t deserve this, brother. RIP.”
Yetunde Olasupo, wrote, “Dammy’, so I won’t see you again? Remember what you promised Alhaja. What do you want me to tell her?
“You did not tell me on Thursday that you won’t come home again. Now you are gone.”
The 26year old singer who is survived by his mum and siblings was buried in Badagary on Saturday.
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