The elder
brother of Dare Adelani, who was killed by soldiers, who invaded their
community during the annual Isheri day celebration, at the Isheri Olofin area
of Ogun State, yesterday accused the soldiers of killing his kid brother in
cold brother.
The grieving
man, Saheed Jimoh, explained that the soldiers didn’t only plunged the family
in mourning, but also dealt them a severe blow, which family members were not
sure on how to handle.
According to
Jimoh, since the murder of Adelani, his parents had been heartbroken and
inconsolable. Jimoh, who described the deceased as jovial, said: “I want the
government to help us; I want justice for my brother who was murdered in cold
blood.”
Jimoh
explained that aside from grieving, they were also worried on how to raise
money to burial Adelani.
His words: “We
have already paid money to ensure that the corpse is deposited in the mortuary.
We’re also spending money to follow up with the investigation.”
Four
soldiers on Wednesday killed three people and injured seven. Adelani was among
the dead.
A
youth leader in the community, Adeola Lukman, said that the issue of soldiers
in the community was becoming unbearable.
Speaking
about soldiers’ harassment of residents in the community, Lukman said: “It has
reached the extent that when husband and wife are having issues, it would be
because the wife is having affair with a soldier. The soldier in question will
harass the woman’s husband. In fact, when two young men have issues, anyone of
them, who have contact of a soldier, would invite him to come and intimidate
the other, causing mayhem in the community. The truth is that we need a police
post in our community. If there’s a police post, it would check soldiers
causing problem. This is because the police, who job it is to protect, would
take charge of the community and other issues. The nearest police station is
far; and it takes between two to three hours for them to get to our community.”
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