Tension mounted in Enugu, capital of Enugu State, yesterday, following alleged gruesome murder of a 17‑year‑old secondary school student by enforcement team of the Enugu State Waste Management Authority, ESWAMA, for allegedly using unauthorized bag to dispose refuse.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the killing in a statement, yesterday.
He said: “We have received information on the alleged murder of a 17 year‑old boy by yet to be identified persons and investigations into the incident have commenced.”
The mother of the deceased, Mrs Ede David, told reporters that her son, Callistus Chidiebere Ede, met his untimely death when she asked him to dispose refuse already bagged with grains bag on Monday morning.
According to her, “I was preparing to go to market to sell my food that morning, so he left with the waste in our wheel‑barrow for disposal.
“While I was going out, I heard noise from the area where my son went to dispose refuse, I then asked my sister to take my stuff to the market while I proceeded to the dump site to know why my son had not returned.
“When I got to the dump site five hefty men were beating him. I approached them and asked why they were beating him but none of them uttered a word.”
How he was killed
The woman who spoke amidst sobs, said her son told her that the ESWAMA officials asked him to enter their vehicle and he refused because he committed no wrong and one of the officials told her that they were beating him because he refused arrest for disposing refuse with another bag other than ESWAMA bag.
She said: “I pleaded with them to allow him to go because he was writing his Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination, SSSCE, instead they should arrest me since he was underaged and I was the one that sent him on the mission, but they refused.”
Mrs Edeh further narrated that after all effort to dissuade them from arresting him failed, she asked her son to go with them why she promised to come for him and he boarded their vehicle.
Continuing, Mrs Ede said: “I went back to the house and got some money and while going to ESWAMA office, I saw somebody lying on the road along Abakpa timber market but on getting closer I saw that the person was my son.
“When I stopped I raised alarm and people came out in their numbers and rushed him to a nearby private hospital, where he was confirmed dead at about 3:30pm Monday.”
When our source visited ESWAMA office yesterday, the gate to the premises was locked as hundreds of people besieged the gate protesting the gruesome murder of the school boy.
The Managing Director of ESWAMA, Mr. Dom Okonkwo, who was contacted on phone, declined comment. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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WHY!WHY!!WHY!!!must the government force people to use their bags in deposing the waste,the most important thing is that the rubbish Is properly baged,why should the authority employ criminals to harras the people that vote them into power,the government should know better,nobody have right to beat anybody even the law enforcement agency,let a lone the ESWAMA,we can not diffrenciate this touts from kidnappers,this criminals are employed to intimidate the people,they are good at harassing the people,why can't the IDIOTES go to BORNOR state and face the BOKOHARAM,the governor should restructure the way ESWAMA operates,gone are the days when force are use in handling issues like this,people are not animals and should be treated with respect,their BOSS should be brought to book including the stupid sttaffs involve,the ESWAMA are disgrace to GOVERNOR SURLLIVAN CHIME's adminstration and it is very unfortunate, hope the the law take is curse.May Calistus sole rest in perfect peace,Amen,ONYE-EZE,ABUJA.
ReplyDeleteIt is time the state Governors lives up to their leaderships role, else, there is no need for some clueless people claiming to be leader in any state of the country.
ReplyDeleteI always ask myself if our Governors take time to monitor those stouts/criminals they put in our local councils. Or they are just looking for useless people that are ready to die for them?
Late Obuta Gadaffi in Lagos State single-handedly managed his waste business successfully. Check our cities roads to see the type of people harassing whoever is using Jeeps, Buses or Lorries asking for local council papers and basket.
I pray Almight Allah help the poor and dedicated woman overcome the loss of his son.