Physinews:A
vigilance group commander in the Oke Aro area of Ogun State Nigeria, Quadri
Adesina, has been arrested by the police after an alleged accidental
discharge from his gun killed a 23-year-old man, Yusuf Azeez.
Azeez
reportedly wanted to wrest the gun from the suspect when a bullet hit
him in the thigh. He was rushed to a hospital in the area, where he was
pronounced dead on arrival.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
deceased’s mother, 42-year-old Toyin Akintayo, had invited Adesina and
his colleagues to her residence on CAC Street, Oke Aro, around 8pm on
Tuesday to apprehend Azeez, who allegedly threatened to kill her.
It
was gathered that Azeez had arrived at home on that day at about 6pm
and requested his dinner. The mother was said to have explained to him
that she didn’t have enough money to prepare a meal.
Trouble
started after the mother, who sells confectionery, gave him N200 to buy
food, saying that was all she could afford. He reportedly smashed a
bottle on the ground and vowed to kill her.
The mother said, “I
wanted to break my fast on that day with garri when he arrived at home. I
said there was no kerosene in the stove to prepare food for him and his
younger brother. I gave him N200 and the brother N70. He said the N200
was small and threw it at me.
“I explained to him that it was all
I had and that we wouldn’t have been in the situation if he did not
steal the compressor of my freezer, which I used to sell ice blocks. I
also advised him to find a job. He became angry and started threatening
me with a knife and the shard of a bottle. He said he would not allow me
to sleep at home that night and vowed to kill me.
“I sneaked out
to call members of a vigilance group beside our house. They followed me
home and tried to pacify him. He fought them and fought for the control
of a gun that one of them carried. The gun exploded in the process and
he was injured in the thigh. He died at a hospital near here.”
Akintayo
described her son’s death as a relief to her, saying she could no
longer endure the shame his notoriety for “stealing and street fighting”
had brought to the family.
She added that his son’s gang members stormed her house on Wednesday and threatened that she would pay for Azeez’s death.
She
said, “I enrolled him in three different secondary schools, he dropped
out. I took him to five different furniture experts to learn the work,
he absconded. He went into barbing; I gave him N85,000 to rent a shop
and furnished it for him. He didn’t go to the shop until the rent
expired.
“His death is a relief to me and the family. He was too
troublesome. There was a time he beat up an Oodua Peoples Cogress member
while we were living in Idimu (Lagos). I spent a lot of money on the
man’s treatment.
“A few weeks ago, he fought in Agege. He was
seriously injured. He had been arrested many times by the police for
several offences.”
The suspect, 48-year-old Adesina, who is in
detention at the Agbado Police Division, said Azeez had beaten the two
security guards that accompanied him to the scene, adding that he only
wanted to prevail on him from causing further havoc when his gun
exploded.
He said, “There was no light when we entered the building. He attacked us and two of my boys fled.
I
told him that I came to make peace. He said he didn’t fear my gun. He
descended on me and wanted to snatch it. We were dragging it with each
other when it exploded. I didn’t kill him. He would have killed me and
his mother if he had access to the gun.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
He
said, “The Divisional Police Officer of the station, CSP Abioye Shittu,
led operatives to the scene and the suspect has been arrested. The case
has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta.”
Punch Ng
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