Wanted gangster kills man in front
of three-year-old daughter
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28-year-old gangster, Adigun Oriyomi, who was declared wanted by the
Lagos State Police Command in January, has been accused of murder.
He was accused of killing a 32-year-old man, Oluwafemi Adekeye, on Isa Street in the Aboru, Ipaja area of Lagos State.
According to the police, the suspect,
who is also known as Muda, allegedly killed Oluwafemi in the presence of
his three-year-old daughter.
The deceased’s daughter said, “I saw
Ife’s daddy (Oriyomi) in our house and he pointed a gun at my daddy and I
was begging him not to kill my daddy, but he (Adigun) shot my daddy and
ran away.”
The wife of the deceased, Oluwakemi, who
reported the matter at the Oke Odo Police Division, told policemen that
the incident occurred on February 12, 2014.
Oluwakemi said the suspect and her
husband were friends prior to the incident, adding that even their
children were also friends.
She said, “I am a 25-year-old
hairdresser. Around 11pm on the said date, I was making hair for a
customer in front of the house when my husband returned. He said he was
hungry so I stepped out to get him food. On my way, I saw Adigun
(Oriyomi) in a vehicle.
“He called me and pointed a gun at me. I
wondered what was wrong because he was a family friend. He asked if my
husband was at home but I said no. When he probed further, I told him
the truth, so he ordered me to stay outside, went inside the house and
later, I heard gunshots.
“He came out to where I was standing, and said, ‘Tell Oyibo that I have killed your husband’.
PUNCH Metro learnt that policemen attached to the station stormed the suspect’s home in Aboru area, but he had fled.
“When we got to the house, we saw his
family portrait and other items. We have reason to believe that he has
relocated with his family because his neighbours had not seen them in a
while,” a police source said.
The police source stated that
investigations revealed that the deceased used to be a gangster, but had
cut all ties with Oriyomi, causing friction between them.
“Oluwafemi and Oriyomi used to be in the
same gang. They were also family friends and their children were also
friends, but Oriyomi killed him for probably betraying him,” the police
source said.
Our correspondent had reported on September 9, 2013 that Oriyomi was arrested by the Area D Command.
The suspect in his statement had
confessed that he was a member of the Black Axe confraternity and owned
up to four murders between 2010 and 2013.
He was subsequently brought before Mrs
Y.B Okusanya-Badejo of an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s court and remanded in
prison pending advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
The six counts read in part, “That you,
Adigun Oriyomi, and others at large, on August 30, 2013, at about
0045hrs, at Martins Street, by Akinyemi Junction, Mushin, Lagos, in the
Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit
felony, to wit; murder and thereby committed an offence punishable under
Section 231 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
“That you, Adigun Oriyomi, and others at
large, on 30 July, 2013 at about 2130hrs, at 43, Ikorodu Road, Jibowu,
Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District, did attempt to unlawfully kill
one Fatai Maja, by shooting him with a gun in the leg and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 228 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011
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