Tragedy struck in the Sangotedo area of Lagos State after a shawarma vendor identified simply as Andy was shot dead by suspected cultists.
The incident, which occurred on Saturday evening, threw residents and business owners in the area into panic as the assailants reportedly fled immediately after carrying out the attack.
According to sources familiar with the incident, the deceased was attending to customers at his shawarma stand when armed men stormed the spot and opened fire on him at close range.
A police source told our correspondent on Monday that preliminary information indicated that the attackers disguised themselves as customers before launching the assault.
“The suspects reportedly approached the stand pretending to buy shawarma. While the victim was attending to them, they suddenly pulled out guns and shot him in the head before escaping from the scene,” the source said.
The source added that policemen later arrived at the scene and found the victim lying in a pool of blood before evacuating his corpse.
Although speculation linked the killing to cult-related violence, the police source noted that investigations were still ongoing to determine the exact motive behind the attack.
However, an anti-cultism platform, Confra Naija, claimed in a social media post that the killing was connected to cult activities.
The platform described the deceased, popularly known as “Aboki De Junior,” as a peaceful and hardworking businessman from Benue State.
According to the post, armed men invaded his shawarma spot around the ShopRite area in Sangotedo and shot him dead before fleeing.
The group further alleged that members of the Eiye confraternity later claimed responsibility for the attack.
A video circulating online showed sympathisers gathered around the victim’s lifeless body shortly after the incident, with some residents seen wailing in grief.
One woman believed to be related to the deceased was also captured clutching his body and crying uncontrollably.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Lagos State Police Command proved abortive as the command’s spokesperson, CSP Abimbola Adebisi, neither answered calls nor responded to a text message sent to her as of the time of filing this report.
Lagos has recorded several cult-related clashes and reprisal attacks in recent years, particularly in the Lekki-Ajah corridor, Ikorodu, Mushin and parts of the Lagos Mainland, where rival groups have continued to battle for supremacy.
A similar incident was reported in August 2025 when another shawarma vendor was killed by suspected cultists in the Mowo area along the Badagry Expressway.
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