TODLER DIES SEVEN MONTHS AFTER ROBBERS SHOT HIM

                                                                                        

Lawal

Taiwo Lawal, the one-year-old baby who was shot during a series of robberies in Lagos on September 9, 2012, has died, after seven months of medical treatment to the bullet wound on his head. Taiwo was shot at his parents’ home in Gbagada during the robberies which occurred simultaneously in various parts of the state, an incident which was referred to as Black Sunday.

Following the injury and its publication in the media MTN Nigeria, donated N500,000 for the baby’s treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, while some public spirited individuals also  donated undisclosed sums of money.

In spite of all these Taiwo gave up the ghost at Ward E of the hospital University of Lagos Teaching Hospital idi-Araba. Father of the deceased who was distraught over the sons demise, Wasiu said the death was more painful because of the amount of money the family had spent.