Mr Kayode Makinde, a wielder residing in Shapati town,
Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, has been plunged into shock
after his 14-year-old son was beheaded by his neighbour, who wanted to raise
money for his new born baby’s naming ceremony.
The deceased, Joseph Makinde, was beheaded on Tuesday night.
The suspected killer, Ayo, is a close friend of Joseph’s
elder brother. Ayo also works as an apprentice in Kayode’s wielding work-shop.
Ayo was alleged to be desperately in need of money for the naming
ceremony of his newest child slated for today, November 29.
According to Kayode, on Tuesday, a friend of his, identified
as Femi, sent Joseph to withdraw some money from a nearby POS terminal.
Kayode recalled: “ On Tuesday, around 8.30 pm, Joseph was
doing his homework when my friend, Femi called and sent him to go and get money
for him at Point of Sales Terminal (POS) in the community. It was just a few
poles away from my house.”
Kayode and Femi became worried when after 30 minutes, Joseph
was yet to return. “I began to look for Joseph. He doesn’t usually stay outside
late. My friend and I continued the search, until we ran into a police patrol
team. But we never knew that the Police had an encounter with two young men who
they caught with a human head that same night.”
The
grieving father further said: “One of the policemen asked us what we were
searching for, and I replied my son went to collect money from POS since
yesterday and had not yet returned.”
The policemen
told him to go and sleep but, “I told them I couldn’t sleep because I was
looking for my son. They said I should follow them.”
Kayode and
the police team got to the police post at Shapati junction on Epe Express Road,
the leader of the patrol team asked them for the age of the boy and he replied
14 years old.
Kayode
added: “The leader of the team informed us that the police ran into some boys.
He gave a number to call, it was that of the Divisional Police Force in charge
of Elemoro Police Station, Bogije, Ibeju-Lekki. The DPO told me that the patrol
team came from outside the station. When they arrived, they brought the dead
body of my child saying it was unfortunate that the boy was dead. Police said
they caught the boys yesterday and they confessed that they took my son to an
uncompleted building and beheaded him.”
Following a police raid yesterday, the body was recovered
from the uncompleted build and Kayode’s friend, Femi, had been also arrested
for interrogation as a prime suspect.
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