A 31-year-old pregnant woman,Mrs Rose Etunmisen cried out for justice over the death of her husband who was gruesomely murdered by hoodlums at Oke-eletu community in Ijede area of Lagos recently.
Dozens of suspected hoodlums allegedly invaded the office of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairmanship aspirant for Ijede LCDA last Friday vandalised the office with many gun shots that killed the victim.
Rosemary, while narrating her ordeal said she received the information about her husband’s death via telephone at about 7pm from through her friend over the weekend.
The widow who spoke with NAN in her apartment at Oke-Eletu, Ijede area of Ikorodu, said she could not see her husband’s body as the assailants were said to have thrown it away after killing him.
“At about 7.30 in the evening, my landlady called me and broke the news of my death husband to me through a friend.
” After the conversation, people started persuading me to take heart and that was when it dawn on me that my husband is no more.
“I want justice to be done, I am pregnant and about to deliver, Nigerians and Lagos State Commissioner of Police should come to my rescue.
“The CP should not allow me to suffer this injustice because my husband has gone for ever,” she said.
She said the deceased, Ifeanyi Etunmise from Delta State, was a driver before when the work stopped he became domestic staff due to financial crisis in the family before he was gruesomely murdered by suspected hoodlums.
She said that the hoodlums invaded the office of Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) chairmanship aspirant, Oluwatosin Onamade, located beside Western Cemetery, in Abule-Eko axis of Ijede in Ikorodu.
The hoodlums were reported to have also injured the aspirant’s younger brother, 38 years old Oluwafemi Onamade who is currently under medical attention at an undisclosed hospital.
The widow appealed to well meaning Nigerians and the CP to bail her out of her predicament. She said,
“My husband was a driver who became a domestic staff to the Chairmanship aspirant due to financial constraint.
We slept together the previous day and he left in the morning, he returned at about 4pm to take his bath, cleaned up and told me he was going to the aspirant’s office and that is all, that is the last discussion we had together,”she said.
The chairmanship aspirant, alleged that the attack was sponsored by the Ijede LCDA chairman, Mr Fatiu Salisu.
He said his injured brother who was admitted at Ijede General hospital, after sustaining gunshot wounds had been transferred to another hospital after news filtered in that plans had been concluded to launch another attack on the medical facility particularly on him.
He said, “the hoodlums attempted to kill me but in the process, they started shooting sporadically and Ifeanyi was killed by stray bullets.
My sibling was severally injured by the bullets and is currently in coma, the hoodlums carted away the sum.of N1.7m meant for a client.
” I am calling on the acting Inspector General of Police to come to my aid to unravel this mystery,” said the aspirant.
But,the council chairman, Mr Fatiu Salisu, in his reaction debunked the allegation saying, “the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ijede, invited me to his office that day to inform me about an incident that happened at Cemetery which involved loss of life.
“I told him I was not aware and he said my name was mentioned by the aspirant, before Indict me, he must show enough evidences to substantiate his claim. Infact, I will take a legal action on the matter,” he said.
Spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, Chief Supretendent of Police (CSP) Muyiwa Adejobi,confirmed the death of the 54- year old deceased.
Adejobi added:”We have a case reported to the Police in Ijede and the Commissioner of Police has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID) Panti for proper investigation.We cannot be judgemental at this stage, we need to widen the scope of our investigation to unravel the incident. We are on the case and we will get to the root of the matter”.
Pregnant Widow Seeks Justice Over Murder Of Hubby
A 31-year-old pregnant woman,Mrs Rose Etunmisen cried out for justice over the death of her husband who was gruesomely murdered by hoodlums at Oke-eletu community in Ijede area of Lagos recently.
Dozens of suspected hoodlums allegedly invaded the office of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairmanship aspirant for Ijede LCDA last Friday vandalised the office with many gun shots that killed the victim.
Rosemary, while narrating her ordeal said she received the information about her husband’s death via telephone at about 7pm from through her friend over the weekend.
The widow who spoke with NAN in her apartment at Oke-Eletu, Ijede area of Ikorodu, said she could not see her husband’s body as the assailants were said to have thrown it away after killing him.
“At about 7.30 in the evening, my landlady called me and broke the news of my death husband to me through a friend.
” After the conversation, people started persuading me to take heart and that was when it dawn on me that my husband is no more.
“I want justice to be done, I am pregnant and about to deliver, Nigerians and Lagos State Commissioner of Police should come to my rescue.
“The CP should not allow me to suffer this injustice because my husband has gone for ever,” she said.
She said the deceased, Ifeanyi Etunmise from Delta State, was a driver before when the work stopped he became domestic staff due to financial crisis in the family before he was gruesomely murdered by suspected hoodlums.
She said that the hoodlums invaded the office of Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) chairmanship aspirant, Oluwatosin Onamade, located beside Western Cemetery, in Abule-Eko axis of Ijede in Ikorodu.
The hoodlums were reported to have also injured the aspirant’s younger brother, 38 years old Oluwafemi Onamade who is currently under medical attention at an undisclosed hospital.
The widow appealed to well meaning Nigerians and the CP to bail her out of her predicament. She said,
“My husband was a driver who became a domestic staff to the Chairmanship aspirant due to financial constraint.
We slept together the previous day and he left in the morning, he returned at about 4pm to take his bath, cleaned up and told me he was going to the aspirant’s office and that is all, that is the last discussion we had together,”she said.
The chairmanship aspirant, alleged that the attack was sponsored by the Ijede LCDA chairman, Mr Fatiu Salisu.
He said his injured brother who was admitted at Ijede General hospital, after sustaining gunshot wounds had been transferred to another hospital after news filtered in that plans had been concluded to launch another attack on the medical facility particularly on him.
He said, “the hoodlums attempted to kill me but in the process, they started shooting sporadically and Ifeanyi was killed by stray bullets.
My sibling was severally injured by the bullets and is currently in coma, the hoodlums carted away the sum.of N1.7m meant for a client.
” I am calling on the acting Inspector General of Police to come to my aid to unravel this mystery,” said the aspirant.
But,the council chairman, Mr Fatiu Salisu, in his reaction debunked the allegation saying, “the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ijede, invited me to his office that day to inform me about an incident that happened at Cemetery which involved loss of life.
“I told him I was not aware and he said my name was mentioned by the aspirant, before Indict me, he must show enough evidences to substantiate his claim. Infact, I will take a legal action on the matter,” he said.
Spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, Chief Supretendent of Police (CSP) Muyiwa Adejobi,confirmed the death of the 54- year old deceased.
Adejobi added:”We have a case reported to the Police in Ijede and the Commissioner of Police has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department(SCID) Panti for proper investigation.We cannot be judgemental at this stage, we need to widen the scope of our investigation to unravel the incident. We are on the case and we will get to the root of the matter”.
