Family
members and friends of one Peter Eyitayo who was killed at the Agege
area of Lagos State by gunmen have explained why they blamed the police
for his death. The leader of ‘Activists for Good Governance,’ a
Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), alleged that Eyitayo was killed by a
police bullet.
Eyitayo and one Lanre Olujimi were shot on January 22, by gunmen. While Eyitayo died, Olujimi survived. There were two versions of how the men were shot. One version claimed that the two men were fighting over pasting of political posters and were supported by their friends before police stormed the scene. The second version said that they were fighting over collection of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), assisted by other angry electorate before the police arrived the scene. But family and friends said they wanted to know the person who killed Eyitayo.
Ihekaire is pursuing the quest for the truth and justice. He said: “The incident occurred on January 22. I was not in town when the incident happened, but I called and interviewed those who witnessed it after I returned. I called the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate of Orile-Agege. I was told that Eyitayo was shot by thugs attached to Honourable Niyi Raheem of People Democratic Party (PDP). He is contesting for the Agege Federal Constituency. “I called Raheem to hear his own side of the story.
He knows that I’m a stakeholder in the community. When I called him about Eyitayo and Olujimi, he said it was the police that shot them. “He said that policemen who came to safeguard his premises from been set on fire shot the men. I also made enquiries from people and they said the men were shot from rooftop of Raheem’s hotel, along the road where the incident happened. I did not stop there. I called the police station in Agege. The police said that they received a distress call and when they got there, they saw a corpse on the ground.”
According to him, the community has already petitioned the Human Rights Commission, asking it to investigate the circumstances surrounding Eyitayo’s and to unveil his killers. The activist said they would not be satisfied with police investigating the matter because they might be culpable. “The police may not do the right thing, which is why we set up a stronger investigating committee to reveal the circumstances that led to Eyitayo’s death.”
Eyitayo and one Lanre Olujimi were shot on January 22, by gunmen. While Eyitayo died, Olujimi survived. There were two versions of how the men were shot. One version claimed that the two men were fighting over pasting of political posters and were supported by their friends before police stormed the scene. The second version said that they were fighting over collection of the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC), assisted by other angry electorate before the police arrived the scene. But family and friends said they wanted to know the person who killed Eyitayo.
Ihekaire is pursuing the quest for the truth and justice. He said: “The incident occurred on January 22. I was not in town when the incident happened, but I called and interviewed those who witnessed it after I returned. I called the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate of Orile-Agege. I was told that Eyitayo was shot by thugs attached to Honourable Niyi Raheem of People Democratic Party (PDP). He is contesting for the Agege Federal Constituency. “I called Raheem to hear his own side of the story.
He knows that I’m a stakeholder in the community. When I called him about Eyitayo and Olujimi, he said it was the police that shot them. “He said that policemen who came to safeguard his premises from been set on fire shot the men. I also made enquiries from people and they said the men were shot from rooftop of Raheem’s hotel, along the road where the incident happened. I did not stop there. I called the police station in Agege. The police said that they received a distress call and when they got there, they saw a corpse on the ground.”
According to him, the community has already petitioned the Human Rights Commission, asking it to investigate the circumstances surrounding Eyitayo’s and to unveil his killers. The activist said they would not be satisfied with police investigating the matter because they might be culpable. “The police may not do the right thing, which is why we set up a stronger investigating committee to reveal the circumstances that led to Eyitayo’s death.”
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