{"id":253396,"date":"2023-03-06T05:31:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T04:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=253396"},"modified":"2023-03-06T06:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T05:56:14","slug":"lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos: How &#8216;hired&#8217; soldiers killed teenager on his birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly killed a teenager identified as Pelumi Sulaimon, around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>According to PUNCH, residents in the area said the soldiers were hired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/03\/five-political-thugs-arrested-inside-imo-house-of-reps-members-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political thugs<\/a> to carry out a reprisal on their opponents in the community on Sunday, February 26.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that when the soldiers got to the community, they started shooting indiscriminately and in the process, a stray bullet hit 15-year-old Pelumi who was on his way to buy drinks for his friends to celebrate his birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers, who were led by a political thug identified simply as Nuru, were also said to have gunned down a tricycle operator, identified simply as Aloma, whom they mistook for one of their targets.<\/p>\n<p>Pelumi\u2019s relative, Musbau Ayinde, said the events that led to the death of the Junior Secondary School Three pupil was a result of a clash caused by political rivalry in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Ayinde said, \u201cThere was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/11\/pdp-apc-supporters-clash-in-jigawa-one-killed-many-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clash<\/a> between members of two political parties at a base close to Makoko roundabout on Thursday night. The fight was later settled after the intervention of some residents in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, there was another confrontation between them during the election held on Saturday but that did not lead to a fight and we all thought it had ended there not until Sunday when a thug belonging to one of the political parties brought soldiers and stormed the base where the clash occurred the last time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they got there, they did not meet their targets, so the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/21\/soldiers-kill-guest-as-siblings-clash-at-fathers-funeral-in-lagos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soldiers<\/a> who were attached to the OP MESA started to shoot indiscriminately and that was how one of the bullets hit Pelumi in his ribs. A tricycle rider known as Aloma was also shot dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was about getting passengers at the park when he heard the gunshots and fled. But they thought he was one of their targets and that was how they aimed at him and shot him. Even after he fell down, they came down from their van, moved close to him and shot him again in the head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelumi\u2019s elder brother, Afeez, said he was with his friends when a resident told him that his brother had been shot by the soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI was with my friends when the soldiers arrived in the area in a van which had the inscription of OP MESA on it with a covered number plate. That was around 3pm. They came in through the Sabo area with four soldiers hanging at the back of the van.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShortly after, someone came to tell me that our last born had been shot. I rushed down to the place and saw my immediate younger sister at the spot trying to lift him (Pelumi) up from the ground. That was when some residents joined to carry him to a hospital at Oko Agbon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we got there, they referred us to another hospital on Harvey Road. That was where he passed away. The hospital asked us to get a police report before releasing the corpse. So, it was policemen from Adekunle that took the corpse from the hospital and deposited it in the mortuary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Afeez said Pelumi just turned 15 years old on the day he was shot, adding that he stepped out to buy drinks to celebrate with his friends when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people we met at the spot where he was shot said a political thug known as Nuru was sighted in the van of the military officers. And they left the community through Iwaya Road after carrying out the operation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that Pelumi and Aloma were buried on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident said, \u201cThe case is at the State Criminal Investigation Department. No suspect has been arrested yet and investigation is still ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Director, Public Relations, 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Olabisi Ayeni, could not be reached for comment as of the time this report was filed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly killed a teenager identified as Pelumi Sulaimon, around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH, residents in the area said the soldiers were hired by political thugs to carry out a reprisal on their opponents in the community on Sunday, February 26. It was gathered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":253398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"PUNCH","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"https:\/\/punchng.com\/soldiers-shoot-15-year-old-boy-keke-operator-dead-in-lagos\/","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"custom","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"floatbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[338,58543,7821,1620,9177,2836],"class_list":["post-253396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-lagos-state","tag-pelumi-sulaimon","tag-political-thugs","tag-soldiers","tag-stray-bullet","tag-teenager"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lagos: How &#039;hired&#039; soldiers killed teenager on his birthday<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos: How &#039;hired&#039; soldiers shoot teenager on his birthday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly killed a teenager identified as Pelumi Sulaimon, around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/askteekay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-06T04:31:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-06T05:56:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/06\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"722\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"409\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lagos: How &#039;hired&#039; soldiers killed teenager on his birthday\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@askteekay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos: How &#8216;hired&#8217; soldiers killed teenager on his birthday\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-06T04:31:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-06T05:56:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":685,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lagos state\",\"Pelumi Sulaimon\",\"Political thugs\",\"Soldiers\",\"Stray bullet\",\"Teenager\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lagos: How 'hired' soldiers killed teenager on his birthday\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-06T04:31:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-06T05:56:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/kunlenet07\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg\",\"width\":722,\"height\":409},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/06\\\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lagos: How &#8216;hired&#8217; soldiers killed teenager on his birthday\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8\",\"name\":\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Adesina .O (Teekay)\"},\"description\":\"Teekay is a full time writer on Within Nigeria and a part-time IT consultant. Mail me at teekay@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/author\\\/teekay\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/askteekay\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/askteekay\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/tee_kay\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lagos: How 'hired' soldiers killed teenager on his birthday","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lagos: How 'hired' soldiers shoot teenager on his birthday","og_description":"Soldiers attached to Operation MESA allegedly killed a teenager identified as Pelumi Sulaimon, around Makoko, in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/askteekay","article_published_time":"2023-03-06T04:31:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-06T05:56:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":722,"height":409,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/06\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Lagos: How 'hired' soldiers killed teenager on his birthday","twitter_creator":"@askteekay","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/"},"author":{"name":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8"},"headline":"Lagos: How &#8216;hired&#8217; soldiers killed teenager on his birthday","datePublished":"2023-03-06T04:31:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-06T05:56:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/"},"wordCount":685,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/06\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg","keywords":["Lagos state","Pelumi Sulaimon","Political thugs","Soldiers","Stray bullet","Teenager"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/","name":"Lagos: How 'hired' soldiers killed teenager on his birthday","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/06\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-06T04:31:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-06T05:56:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/06\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/03\/kunlenet07\/2023\/03\/06\/COAS-and-Pelumi-Sulaimon.jpg","width":722,"height":409},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/lagos-soldiers-kill-teenager-trying-to-buy-drinks-to-celebrate-his-birthday\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lagos: How &#8216;hired&#8217; soldiers killed teenager on his birthday"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5cc909274719300bb0772b5d35681db8","name":"Adesina .O (Teekay)","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d16baa16898632ffa99875ff2c84519138bd809fea3946b60ef0b078f0562ff6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Adesina .O (Teekay)"},"description":"Teekay is a full time writer on Within Nigeria and a part-time IT consultant. Mail me at teekay@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/author\/teekay\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/askteekay","https:\/\/x.com\/askteekay"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/tee_kay\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}