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The Digest:

A community in Lagos is mourning after a brutal armed robbery in a Cele Nica barbershop left two teenagers dead.

Key Points:
  • A three-man gang stormed the barbershop on Abengo Close, Ojo, on Saturday night.
  • The robbers ordered everyone to lie down and collected their phones and cash.
  • Teenager Chijindu was shot after stating he had only 1,000 Naira for his haircut.
  • His colleague, Akorede, was killed instantly at the scene.
  • The barber survived by pretending to be dead among the victims.
  • Chijindu, a solar panel apprentice, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital overnight.
  • The community remains in a state of grief and fear following the senseless attack.
This tragedy underscores the pervasive fear and brutal reality of violent crime impacting everyday life in Nigerian neighborhoods.

Sources: Daily Post Nigeria