Security: Family and Friends Mourn as Father of Two is Killed by a Stray Bullet in Lagos
Family and friends of Patrick Stephen were on July 10th 2020 shocked by the untimely death of their son, husband, brother and friend. The ever jovial and vibrant youngman was caught by a stray bullet fired during an attempt by armed robbers to rob a bullion van at Ajah in Lagos. What is most sad is that this is one avoidable death too many.
As with many other deaths in Nigeria, victims are not quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment and even when they are, there are always delays before treatment is given. In a lot of these cases, the victim dies not necessarily from the actual injury but from the fact that first responders were non existent or that treatment did not commence quickly enough.
In Patrick's case, before he was rushed to the hospital, he had alre...
