According to eyewitness, the assassination was carried out at about 2pm while George was with friends under a tree, popularly known as 'Abe-Igi'.
It was gathered that before his murder, Olamide reportedly answered a phone call, and the caller requested to know where he was. Olamide answered that he was at 'Abe-Igi'.
Olamide's father, Mr. Gbolahan George, said, "I was told that the assassins were four and were in Keke Maruwa (Tricycle). They parked at the entrance of the street; two got down ans walked to where Olamide was sitting with his friends. The one with the gun did not know him, so the other person who accompanied him pointed at Olamide.
"Immediately Olamide was identified, he was shot in the head and the chest."
"I was called at 2.30pm and was told that my son's body was at the morgue in Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. I reported the case at Area C Police Command."
Gbolahan George said his son was not of a dubious character.
"He is a DJ and not a scammer. And he is very gentle and pleasant. He wanted to write JAMB and get into Lagos State University.
"Olamide was also about to wed his girlfriend, Yetunde Adeyeri, who is five months pregnant before his untimely death. And that was why I gave him N500,000 to rent a one-room self-contained apartment at Apapa Road."
Our correspondent saw family members cleaning blood stains from Olamide's Golf Volkswagen car with number plate, LND 879 AG.
The Chairman of the CDA, Bank Olemoh Street, Mr. Wilson Ojei, said, "I know Lamide as an easy young man trying to survive. Nobody had any complaints about him except for the occasional youthful exuberance, which is common among other young men in the community. From indications, the attack was not from within the community; the assassins were outsiders.
"We have been instructed by the police to cut the tree at 'Abe-Igi'.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Ms. Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the incident, said, "The case was reported to Area C Police Command. We are investigating the killing and I can assure you that reasonable arrests has been made.
Source: The Punch
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