By MATTHEW DIKE Thursday, November 10, 2011
The brutal murder of Yusuf Olawale,23, in a beer parlour located at Surulere, Lagos, has left a soar taste in the mouth of his father. Yusuf, popularly known as ‘hunter’ and two of his friends were said to have gone to a beer parlour on Oduduwa Street, to catch some fun but he never envisaged that danger was lurking around the corner.
As they were drinking and listening to music, some agents of death, who were working in the area as gaurds, stormed the beer parlour. The security men were alleged to have attempted to extort some money from Yusuf and his friends, but they resisted it with all their might. The security men, who were attached to a nearby hotel were said to have rushed back to the hotel and came back, armed with gun.
Daily Sun was told how they threw bottles at the beer parlour, an act which was said to have provoked Yusuf and his friends. As they moved closer to the security men to inquire what went amiss, tragedy struck. One of them allegedly pulled the trigger and bullet hit Yusuf in the mouth and chest. He died later. The men didn’t stop there, they also used broken bottles to attack Yusuf’s friends. They were later rushed to a nearby hospital while their assailants bolted.
But the next day, news filtered into the city that security men, guarding a hotel shot and killed Yusuf, and injured two others. Friends and sympathisers of the victims moved to the hotel in search of the attackers and in the process, destroyed property worth about N1 million. Daily Sun gathered that the hotel was set ablaze but the fire was quickly put off by Yusuf’s boss, Akeem while three of the alleged pepetrators were arrested. Yusuf’s father, Mr. Olawale, who wept profusely as he spoke to the reporter, disclosed that the deceased was his only child. “Police, who killed my son? I want to see those who killed my only child. Bring them out from the cell and let me confront them.
“I want to know what my son did wrong before they killed him. Please, bring them out because they owe me an explanation. Area Commander, please, I want you to show me those who killed my son. He is my only child. As I am sitting here in your office, I am prepared to die. Bring those murderers and let them also kill me like they did to my son. That child was my only hope in life. I have no wife and no other child.” “I lost my wife years back. I don’t even have a job now.
That child was my only hope. How am I going to survive without him? Those who killed him did not kill only him, they killed me as well. What am I living for? Who will take care of me? Who will bury me when I die? How can I be the one to bury my only child? (weeping). No, I can’t take it. Bring those who killed my son, let them equally kill me,” Olawale wept profusely. Meanwhile, police said they would not leave any stone unturned, to ensure that the perpetrators of the cruel act were punished according to the law of the land.
Meanwhile, the owner of the hotel, chief Friday Agbaja, has condemned the killing of the young man. He said he would want the law to take its cause. He said: “The security men were employed to secure lives and property in the hotel. What were they doing outside the hotel at about 10.30 pm? What were they doing at the bar? They shouldn’t have left their duty post, to go and make trouble.“They should be punished for their sins. Look at what they have done to this elderly man (pointing at the bereaved). They killed his only child. My God! They killed a child that would have buried him? Who was supposed to bury who?
“This old man has no job as he said, his son had been sustaining him. I had to cancel my travel outside the country because of this problem. I am not even worried about the things they destroyed in my hotel. I am concerned about the young man they sent to his early grave. Money cannot replace life. I am a philanthropist, I have helped many people I do not even know,” Agbaja said.
A man, Akeem, who taught Yusuf printing, appealed to Agbaja to always assist the grieving father financially. The hotel proprietor, however, gave a cheque of N600, 000, to the man, to assist in the burial and also promised to employ Yusuf’s father after his son’s burial.
via Daily Sun
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