Tragedy as gunmen kill man in his house over alleged ‘yahoo money’

A young man identified simply as Golden has been killed after gunmen stormed the Igando area of Lagos State and shot him inside his residence vicinity in what is believed to be a targeted attack.

The incident reportedly happened on Tuesday in the Fatoki area of the community, leaving residents in shock and fear.

According to information gathered, the attackers arrived on a motorcycle and appeared to be searching for the victim before locating him and opening fire.

Eyewitness accounts suggested that the assailants, said to be two in number, rode into the neighbourhood and identified Golden before carrying out the attack, Punch reported.

Confirming the development, a police source said officers responded to a distress call from the area. “We got a report that someone was shot on Fatoki Street, and when our men were deployed to the scene, the deceased was found lying lifeless in a pool of blood. He was taken to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead and later taken to the morgue,” the source disclosed.

Authorities, however, said the motive behind the killing had not yet been officially established, adding that investigations were ongoing. While police maintained caution over the cause, an anti-cultism advocacy platform, Confra Naija, claimed the killing was connected to a financial dispute.

The group suggested that the matter was not cult-related, but stemmed from disagreements over what it described as “Yahoo money”.

“The victim in that incident was identified as Golden. Although two cult groups (Aye and Vikings) were mentioned in this incident, sources confirmed that the attack was not cult-related but rather a case of a business dispute involving Yahoo money,” the platform stated.

It further alleged that the attackers shot the victim in the head after locating him on the street.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command was yet to issue an official statement as calls and messages went unanswered at the time of filing this report.

The killing comes just days after another violent incident in which a shawarma vendor was reportedly shot dead in the Sangotedo area of Lagos, raising fresh concerns about rising gun-related attacks in the state.