America returnee killed, burnt in his car in Lagos

Taiwo Jimoh

An American returnee, Mutiu Agbosasa, 77, has been killed at the Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Eyewitnesses stated that the victim was killed by four gunmen. The men were said to have killed the deceased inside his apartment, dragged him out and then bundled into his car, before setting the car on fire.

Agbosasa had spent 45 years in America, where he allegedly acquired his wealth before returning to Nigeria.

Agbosasa returned from United States of America a year ago and moved into his house in Ijede, where he was slain.

The incident, which occurred on Saturday at about 10:30p.m at Ginti Estate, was said to have thrown the community into shock.

The police explained that on the fateful day of his murder, Agbosasa was returning from a function, when he discovered that four men were tailing him. The men followed him into his apartment. A few minutes later, his security guard, Adamu Dana, heard him calling for help.

The deceased was said to have ordered his guard to call policemen to come to his rescue. Dana dashed out to get the police but didn’t return until at about 2:30a.m. He got home to meet his master’s dead.  While explaining why he took long to return home after his master sent him to go and get police, he said that he didn’t policemen at a particular junction in the community.

He said that he was forced to go farther to get policemen. Some policemen followed him, but by the time they got to the house, Agbosasa had been killed and burnt. It was further gathered that there is no nearby police station in the community.

Preliminary investigation showed that the killers didn’t take anything away from the victim’s house after the operation.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Bala Elkana, while confirming the story, said that Dana got to Ijede Police Station at about 2:30a.m.

The image maker explained: “He told the policemen on duty that his master asked him to call police. When policemen finally got to the scene, the man had already being killed and burnt in his vehicle. The scene was immediately cordoned off. Homicide detectives from the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID) and Forensic experts had visited the scene. However, the Command cannot say the motive behind the killing but, effort is on to trace the killers of the victim.”