She also expressed shock that the crowd could watch how her son and his friends were gruesomely murdered. Jane spoke with Punch correspondent amid tears on Monday in Port Harcourt.
Jane said, "When we got there, one of them was still breathing. He was gasping for breath, but the crowd…they were all there watching while my baby (Lloyd) was butchered. Come to my area and ask questions about my child; the child I trained.
"Penultimate Sunday, we went to church, Salvation Ministry; that is where he worshipped. We all went together for the second service. He stayed back for the remaining service. When he came back, he started preparing to go to school. I can still see him as I talk to you.
"He brought out a book; 'How Faith Works' by David Ibiyomie and he said 'Mummy, read this book and you will know what faith is all about. By the time I come back on Friday, you will tell me what faith is all about.'
"Ever since, I have been moving around with that book, so that I could read and not get him angry when he comes back from school and ask me about what I learnt from the book.
"Thursday was his daddy's birthday. He (Lloyd) called him and wished him happy birthday. When his daddy asked him if he would be coming home to celebrate the birthday with the family, he (Lloyd) promised to be back on Friday after lectures.
"But on Friday morning, we got the call that my son was being beaten. How can I erase the fact that my son was lynched from my mind? He studied very hard and got admission into the university."
Meanwhile, the community was like a ghost town on Monday as the inhabitants of the area left their homes to avoid being arrested by security agents.
Shops, restaurants and mini supermarkets were also shut by their owners who felt students of the university were planning a reprisal on the community.
Four students were on Friday morning lynched by suspected members of the community for allegedly stealing laptops and mobile phones.
Students living off campus in the community were not left out in the rush to leave the community to avoid the wrath of security agents, who had been patrolling the area.
The police had since the killing of the four students arrested 13 suspects from Omuokiri village in Aluu, including the village head.
Immediate past President of UNIPORT Student's Union, Mr. Rhino Owhorkire, told our correspondent that students had shelved the idea of any reprisal.
Owhorkire vowed not to rest until those behind the killings were brought to book.
Lloyd's parents appealed to government not to allow those involved in the gruesome murder of their child and his friends go scot-free.
Lloyd Toku was a 200 level undergraduate of Civil Engineering at the university before he was killed.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro on Monday, Lloyd's father, Mr. Mike Toku, insisted that his son was neither a thief nor a cult member.
Toku, who is the Assistant Director, Presentation, Radio Rivers and a father of three male children, narrated how he got a distress call that his son was being beaten up by a mob.
He said, "On Friday morning at about 7am, we got a distress call that our son was being beaten alongside two of his friends. So, we quickly rushed down. Initially, it was very difficult for us to locate the place, but by the grace of God, we were able to locate the place.
"By the time we got there, we saw a mammoth crowd with a few Joint Task Force members there. So, we pulled through the crowd and when I tried to move closer, the JTF operatives told me to move back. Later on, one of my cousins supported me and we moved on again and explained to them (JTF operatives).
"I move close to the four corpses on the ground and I discovered that one of them was my son. We were also able to identify the other three as his friends. We took the corpses to UPTH to ascertain whether they were still alive. A doctor came out, examined them and said they were all dead. My son has never stolen before," Toku explained amid tears.
He called on government not to allow those behind the gruesome murder of his son and his friends to go unpunished.
"All I want is for justice to be done. That's all. Whoever carried out that dastardly act should be brought to book. That is all I want. I have not got assurance from anybody that justice will be done. I am yet to get that (assurance). Nobody has talked to us yet.
Also, Toku's wife, Mrs. Jane Toku, stated that the crowd was watching while his son was being butchered to death.
Punch
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This is so so sad, I weep for the 4 may their souls rest in peace. Amen!
ReplyDeleteHum.am just spechless what a country nigerian is turning into.we need Gods intervention in dis country.
ReplyDeleteThis is TERRIBLE! A man who has struggled selflessly to serve d state (Radio Rivers) for many years as I can personally remember his very familiar voice...wld hav his Innocent son BUTCHERED in COLD BLOOD as a Repayment!!!
ReplyDeleteJTF?...i am dumb founded...
ReplyDeleteIn my view...That Alu community must be a community of witches and wizards. I honestly believed they used those kids for a certain sacrifice best known to them. God shall judge all of those devil being that partake in cutting short the lives of all these future Leaders of our Nation in Jesus name I pray. Amen.
ReplyDeleteOur God will definitely judge this people....this is sad.what a country?
ReplyDeleteMay their souls rest in peace and may the land of Aluu and all offspring of Aluu and everything that come out of Aluu never know peace till death do them part AMEN IN JESUS NAME
ReplyDeleteGod's watching....may their souls rest in perfect peace...AMEN...
ReplyDeleteI stil cry 4 dem til dis very moment.may thre soul rest in perfect peace.amen
ReplyDeleteJesus,may your will be done,destroy Aluu,as u destroy SODOM & GOMORA.
ReplyDeleteToku Mike, who can forget you on radio Rivers. Your son's death will be avenged by a host of angels. Rest assured that community will pay for spilling the blood of these young men, because God is alive.
ReplyDeleteMy condolences to your family.
The saddest news I've heard in recent time,may God give their parents the fortitude to bear the loss.
ReplyDeleteIts so sad losing a child u've trained this far and in a way that is so sickning. No word is enough to console the family. May god watch over those he left behind and make them great. I believe there is more to this, wher are the phones? Who did they steal them from? Nobody and they wher killed like that. Ah God expose and punish those behind this.
ReplyDeleteMy dia gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
ReplyDeleteWow! What can I say? Its sad for this country, president Godluck!! What is so lucky about you being a president of this country!! Evil everywhere!! But what I know is that every evil doers in this country will face the rath of God and as many that murder those 4 boys will be punished forever and they will not find rest for the rest of their lives! As many that are watching those murderer marsacre those boys will pay for it in Jesus name..this is evil!!
ReplyDeleteIt has happened in the land of ALUU. But one thing is common no sin committed goes unpunished. The land of ALUU will forever be punnished for their sin.
ReplyDeleteMay their soul rest in peace and the community of Aluu we never have peace for the rest of their life and also justice should be taking immediately and offenders should be distroy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wicked community? with devilish mind. The community has only left a bad remark for their children which will forever be in the mind of Nigeria as whole. People were watching taking pictures no one to consion them not to take law into their hands, ah what a wicked world!
ReplyDeleteALUU community the wroth, curse and anger of God is upon you and your generation for shedding INNOCENT blood.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm what a wicked world, Aluu will never knw peace Insha Allah
ReplyDeleteAluu-cifer ppl, what were u thinking?
ReplyDeletei wept proufously as i read d aluu4 killing,dey r wicked for killing those future heros,wat a wicked act,God will surely judge them*crying*i dnt know them but as a human i cried
ReplyDeleteGod will judge them all for aluu4 killing
ReplyDeleteis called a wicked act
ReplyDeletemay their gentle souls rest in peace. amen. God is watching us all
ReplyDeleteAluu will never know peace in Jesus name AMen
ReplyDeletewhat can make a fellow human being spill blood "just like that"? this is so sad. if the members of the crowd feel so innocent that they can judge these students so callously, why not start with the local leaders or others in government whose leadership are laden with public evidence of theft and dishonesty? God please grant healing to the mothers of these boys, and strength to their fathers to carry this memory. so sad.
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