A
respected executive member of the National Union of Road Transport
Workers in the Jibowu area has been nabbed by the police for killing two
rival cultists.
Kunle Oshineye, aka Eyin Bouncing
An executive member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers
in the Jibowu area, has been nabbed by the Anti-Robbery Squad of the
State Department of Criminal Investigation, Lagos State Police Command.
The man identified as Kunle Oshineye, aka Eyin Bouncing was said to
have allegedly two men in Akoka, Bariga. He was arrested in a party
last Friday.
According to a police source, Oshineye, alleged to be a member of
the Eiye Confraternity, was among those who killed Daniel and Abiye, who
were slain on January 22, 2016.
The deceased were said to be members of the Aiye Confraternity, a
rival group. The death of the two men identified as Daniel and Abiye,
resulted in the killing of a 63-year-old businesswoman, Mrs. Adejoke
Adefuye on Oshinfolarin Street, Bariga, a day later.
The source said, “After the arrest of the first set of eight
suspects, we continued our investigations and combed the Fadeyi, Somolu
and Bariga areas, where most of the suspects have their base. We got a
tip-off on Oshineye as one of the henchmen, and he was arrested.
“He confessed to be an Eiye member and said it was a
prerequisite to becoming a member of the NURTW in his area. He said you
are either an Aiye or an Eiye member to be part of the NURTW. He
confessed to be among the cult members that were involved in the killing
of Daniel and Abiye and has been assisting with investigations.”
Oshineye denied ever killing anybody. According to him, he
confessed to the police to avoid harassment. Talking of how he got the
nickname 'Eyin Bouncing' he said it was an alias he got because his mum sold eggs.
He said, “I am the Organising Officer of the NURTW, Jibowu
branch. I dropped out of secondary school because I had to start fending
for myself. I am married with two kids.
“People call me Eyin Bouncing because my mum sells eggs and
that is all about the name. I am not a cult member and I didn’t kill
anybody.
“I was at a friend’s party last Friday and had gone out to make
a call when the police came to arrest me. I was taken to my house on
Adekoga Street in Somolu for searching.
“I lied against myself because I didn’t want to be harassed. Please help me appeal to them to release me.”
But, the police have refused to buy his lies. A friend of the
suspect who was also interrogated said he stopped associating with him
after he tried to initiate him to cultism.
He said, “We were friends and I knew him to be a member of the
NURTW. I was a tricycle driver and one day, he invited me for a party.
At the party, they suddenly descended on me and started beating me. I
suffered a lot of injuries and almost died, but I survived it. They said
it was an initiation and that I had become a member of the
confraternity.
“But after that experience that day, I fled. I am not a cult member and I have my job that I do.”
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