Suspected assassins on Wednesday shot dead an Egba High Chief, Moses Oyebade, whom they accused of promiscuity.
A note the attackers left after killing their victim in his Abeokuta, Ogun State, said “useless man, Oni dokudo (promiscuous)”.
The assassins had arrived Mr. Oyebade’s Ikanna compound in the Ago-Oba area of Abeokuta, and broke the sliding glass window of his room to gain entry.
Mr. Oyebade, 75, who was the Apena of Ikanna, was said to be sleeping when the assailants visited.
He was shot him at close range several times. He marked his birthday in Lagos two weeks ago.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that at the time he was killed, Mr. Oyebade was the only one in the house and his neighbours were said to have been.
Mr. Oyebade’s colleagues were said to have reported the matter at the Ibara Police Station, Abeokuta. The police later visited the home of the deceased to remove his body to the mortuary.
The first son of the deceased, Oluyemi, said he heard the news of the death of his father through a phone call from one of his brothers in the early hours of Wednesday. He said he had earlier been informed about some unknown persons trailing his father’s movement.
He recalled that gunmen had on two occasions visited the house but could not get access into the building and that their inability to gain entrance into the building in their first two attempts could be the reason why his father was shot through the window this time.
He said, “My father was sleeping in his bedroom. The bed is close to the window. As the glass was broken, he woke up to see what happened. He took his torch to see who was there. That was how he was shot. The first gunshot was in his hand which was seriously damaged. Maybe when he was still struggling, they shot him again. I guess they shot him three times.”
The younger Oyebade expressed displeasure that none of the neighbours of his father could come out after the murderers had left to assist his father. He said his father could have been alive if help came promptly.
He said, “The funniest part of it was that, when that incident occurred at that time, nobody came to his rescue. If you look at that room, the blood on the floor was more than what you see in an abattoir. It means he struggled to death, while the neighbours were quiet. They could not assist him. They pretended as if they did not know what happened.
“That is my pain. How can you be living in an environment where you call yourselves neighbours and none of you could even come out to assist? It is just unfortunate. If I have my way, I think everybody in this neighbourhood should be arrested and investigated.
“Can this people who are very close say they didn’t know something happened here? I am beginning to suspect that there are connivers within the neighbourhood.”
When contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi confirmed the incident.
He said, “We have a case of murder at hand. Apena of Ikanna Chief Moses Oyebade, some men went to his residence , broke his window and shot him at 12: am .
“We have examined the place and recovered assassination note which contained a message written in both English and Yoruba languages”.
“The content read ‘useless man, Oni dokudo. In our preliminary investigation, it could be a case of assassination. We will invite some people for interrogation.
“The state Police Commissioner, Valentine Ntomchukwu has directed that the case be transferred to department of criminal investigation. The perpetrators would not go Scot free. The commissioner of Police sympathises with the family, even, the Kabiyesi, the Alake of Egbaland.”
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