The family of a slain motor battery technician, Mutiu Edunjobi, yesterday urged the police to apprehend and prosecute his killers in the name of justice.
The 34-year-old technician was allegedly stabbed to death penultimate Sunday during a feast by Ogun worshippers in Isheri-Berger, a Lagos suburb.He was said to have been killed by one Kehinde Lawal, now at large.
Mutiu’s uncle, Alhaji Wahab Edunjobi, a Muslim cleric, said: ”Mutiu had visited his wife and was returning home when he met some acquaintances at a junction where a group of people led by one Friday Ipodo was celebrating Ogun Ajobo festival.
”He was offered alcohol but he politely rejected the drink on the excuse that he just finished (Ramadan) fasting. His response was said to have angered Lawal, who made unfounded allegations against him and stabbed him to death.”
Alhaji Edunjobi debunked reports that his late nephew was a member of a cult group.”Contrary to a report published by a newspaper(not The Nation), our family was not the one celebrating Ogun festival but a family compound near ours,” he said.
”We are majorly a Muslim family and we are of the Awori extraction. It is also not true that Mutiu was a member of a cult group and that he was killed by members of a rival cult gang as reported by the newspaper. He was unassuming and grew up under my care and I can vouch that he was not a cultist.”
It was learnt that the late technician, whoselast child is 40-days-old,was making hectic preparations for his wedding before his gruesome death.Alhaji Edunjobi said: “Arrangements were in top gear for his wedding with the mother of his two children before he was killed. Please use your medium to tell the relevant security agencies to ensure that justice is done on this matter.”
Another family member,who would not be identified, said: “This community (Isheri) used to be peaceful until some cult boys, who are non-indigenes came here to cause violence.Please tell the police to do their job by fishing out the culprits and ensure they face the consequences of killing innocent people.”
Our correspondent gathered that Mutiu’s wife has since been relocated to Abeokuta, where her mother lives, and that two suspects arrested in connection with the incident are currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos.
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