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| Ajelora |
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Oloriesho is said to be one of the
gangsters, who used to terrorise Mushin areas. There are people in the
community who had nightmarish stories to narrate of the horror Oloriesho and
his gang members put them through. Many of them had scars to show for his reign
of terror in the community.
One of such people is Mrs. Awawu
Ajelora, a widow. She was one of those that jubilated over the arrest of Oloriesho.
The lady said she was shot on her two legs by Oloriesho over allegation that
she was an informant to a rival gang and the police. Today, she uses crutches.
On the day Oloriesho was arrested,
four rifles were allegedly recovered from him. Police said they also recovered sledgehammer
and machetes.
When the policemen went to Oloriesho’s
residence to arrest him, some of his boys attacked and prevent the policemen
from taking him away. It was only after police reinforcement came from Alakara
Police Division that the policemen were able to whisk Oloriesho away.
It was gathered that his arrest was
made possible by one of his gang members who had earlier been arrested by the
police. Oloriesho was said to be untouchable in the community and apparently
above the law because he allegedly works for one ‘Babalando,’ a land
speculator. The Babalando is said to be rich and highly connected.
Relieving the horror of her
encounter with Oloriesho, Ajelora, a mother of four, said: “I’ll never forget
that day for as long as I live. I was one of the victims of the hoodlums and
his boys. They damaged my two legs. I and Oloriesho used to live in the same
compound at Idi- Oro, Mushin. In fact, I
used to give his three kids food sometimes. We were good neighbours.
“I didn’t know why he started being
hostile towards me. One fateful day, I was in my apartment, discussing with my
elder sister when he and his boys stormed into my home. Without any
explanation, they dragged me out and shot my two legs.”
Ajelora, who recalled that Oloriesho
came with six other men, said she lost consciousness after the hoodlums shot
her with their Dane guns.
When she regained consciousness, she
was told that her elder sister and some members of the community rushed her to
hospital. Doctors extracted 24 pellets from her legs.
When she was beginning to get well,
she put a call across to Oloriesho.
She said: “I just didn’t understand
it. We were co-tenants until he started being hostile. He moved out of the
compound, to get accommodation elsewhere. He returned almost a month later to
carry out his savage attack on me. Three days after I regained consciousness, I
called and asked why he shot me. He said I was informant to a rival gang group
and to the police. He said the shooting was to teach me a lesson. I didn’t know
what he was talking about. I wasn’t informant to anyone.”
Ajelora later went to Alakara Police
Division to report the shooting. The matter was transferred to the SCID for
further investigation. The woman said all she wanted in the case was for
justice to be done.
Another victim is Mr. Adebiyi Kolade,
whose left hand was amputated due to gunshot injuries sustained after Oloriesho
and gang members shot him.
Kolade said his troubles started
after the gang invited him to join their gang in Mushin. He turned down their
offer, explaining that he wasn’t interested in gangsters, but in focusing on
his furniture business. He didn’t know
his rejection left a festering anger. Then they attacked when he was least
expecting it.
He said: “They started threatening
me anytime they had opportunity. They said they would kill me or make me
disappear. They said my people would search for me and wouldn’t find me. If not
that I have juju planted on my body,
I would have been a dead man by now. Almost everyone residing in Mushin uses
juju. Mushin is a war zone. But I don’t live there. I live at Isolo.”
One day, he was going home,
already on a motorbike when he noticed two motorbikes tailing his own. Each of
the motorbike had two people; the rider and passenger. He recognized them as
his tormentors at Mushin.
A few minutes after they rode to
Oke-Afa area of Isolo, the men started shouting thief! Thief! He knew they were
shouting at him, he quickly jumped down from his own motorbike, paid and told
the rider to go. He started running, while the four men pursued him.
Passers-bye, who heard shouts of thief, joined in chasing after Kolade.
Kolade recounted: “Some of the
passers-bye were the first set of people to catch up with me. They started
beating me. I tried to explain to them what was going on, but they refused to
listen. They later handed me over to Oloriesho and his friends; it was like
sending me to my grave. They carried me on their motorbike back to Mushin. They
took me to an unknown place and chained me. When it was almost 9pm, they
unchained me; they took me to another place and ordered me to enter the gutter
and lie-faced down. They started shooting me. They shot me several times, but
the most hit was my arm. If not because I have cooked myself with charms, I
would have die.
“I pretended I was dead. I heard
saying I was dead. When they left, I struggled out of the gutter and called on some
passersby for help. People heard me; they rushed me to hospital. I was taken
first to a private hospital, but I was rejected. I was taken to another private
hospital, where a sort of First Aid was given to me. They referred me to Orthopedic
Hospital, Igbobi, where I spent a year before I was discharged. It was there my
arm was amputated. I wasn’t born one-handed, but Oloriesho and his gang made
one a one-handed man.”
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