A security guard killed a man who was returning home from a bar after hanging out with friends.

On Saturday, September 10, Badmus Mohammed, 40, aka Lasgidi, was reportedly shot dead by a night guard named Rasaq Moshood at Ibuowo Estate, Okinni, Egbedore Local Government Area, Osun State.

Kazeem Jimoh, Badmus’ landlord, claimed to Daily Post that he was in a bar with the deceased until after midnight on September 9 before receiving a phone call informing him of his passing.

Kazeem claims that his tenant was murdered in front of the house while his door was left ajar.

“I left Kazeem after we had been at the bar until past twelve,” he claimed.

“I didn’t sleep at home but I got a call around 1 a.m. that Lasgidi was killed by a guard. When I got home, I saw his door open, while his corpse was outside.”

SP Yemisi Opalola, a police spokesperson, confirmed the incident. She mentioned the arrest of three night guards brandishing dane guns.

She said: “One Babatunde Olumide, the Chairman of Ibuowo Estate Okinni reported at dada Estate Divisional Police Hqts. that their night guard, one Moshood Rasaq used his dane gun to shoot one Mohammed Badmus, aged 40 years and he died instantly.

“Suspect has been arrested, gun used has been recovered, while the corpse has been taken to UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital morgue for autopsy.”

Opalola added that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) had taken over the case to conduct additional research.