In a grim case of jungle justice,
Olamide Omolede, a 22-year-old man, was on Monday killed by hoodlums in Badore,
Ajah, Lagos after he was wrongly accused of stealing a mobile phone.
The incident occurred on Monday
evening, the victim’s father said.
It was gathered that following
days of epileptic power supply in the community, Mr Omolede, who is also a
tricycle rider, went to a nearby store to charge his handset for a fee.
Afterwards, he left the store for
his house. However, after some minutes, a woman whose name had not been
provided at the time of filing this report arrived at Mr Omolede’s house with
some hoodlums, alleging he stole her phone where they were charging.
The hoodlums mauled him to death
and threw his body into a nearby lagoon.
A witness, Tunde Afolabi, revealed
that the deceased was first paraded half-naked to Iyalaye Store where the
alleged theft occurred.
“After he eventually died, the
thugs threw him into the lagoon. But we concerned people of the community paid
Egun people to help trace the corpse after we heard the incident. The corpse
was brought out of the river this morning,” he said.
He said the phone which was
reported stolen was later found with the son of the woman who had accused Mr
Omolede of stealing it.
Victim’s parent speaks:
Francis Omolede, the victim’s
father, also spoke on the tragedy.
“I was called on Monday by the
sister of the victim that her brother was accused of stealing a phone. After
the thugs brought by the woman who accused him of stealing eventually killed
him, they threw him into the river to avoid traces.
“It was afterwards that the phone
was found with the son of the woman who wrongly accused my son. The police have
arrested the woman and some of the thugs who perpetrated the act,” he said on
Wednesday.
Also, the traditional head of the
community identified as Baale Jikoji said that the matter would be properly
handled.
“We have met and we will
definitely address the matter”, he told our correspondent.
Police react
The police officer in charge of
the matter, who simply identified himself as Inspector Sunday, said that proper
investigation would be carried out.
“We have arrested the woman who
accused the victim and some thugs that carried out the act. Some of them are
still at large but we will definitely arrest and carry out a proper
investigation,” he said.
Following the death of Mr
Omolede, tricycle riders on Badore-Ajah road blocked the major road to express
their anger over the incident.
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People need to be enlightened that jungle justice is mostly not the best way to get justice especially when the issue regarding the crime is uncertain.
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