A shocking incident has seen an Hausa trader brutally murder a man over a debt of N30 in Lagos state.
The angry residents and protesters in Lagos state
There was chaos on Monday on Mojeed Sanni Street, in the Igando
area of Lagos State, after a 40-year-old Hausa trader, Ibrahim Adamu,
allegedly killed a bus driver, Lekan Adeleke, reports Punch.
The incident forced angry residents friends of the victim to make a
bonfire on the road as they chased away Hausa traders in the community,
threatening to avenge the killing.
The men were on the rampage when policemen from the Igando
division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Olatunji Ajimuda,
stormed the area.
The police team reportedly took Adeleke’s corpse to a mortuary,
while the suspect, who was saved from being mobbed to death, was taken
to the Area M command.
According to reports, it was gathered that the drama started after
the deceased had bought noodles worth N230 from the suspect’s son on
Sunday around 10.30pm.
He was reported to have paid N200 and promised to pay the balance
of N30 the following day, which didn’t go down well with the suspect’s
son.
The son allegedly reported to his father, Adamu, who became angry
and attacked 30-year-old Adeleke with a spiked plank. The victim slumped
and hit his head against the concrete edge of a gutter in the area.
A friend of the victim, Kehinde Akinduro, said Adamu had a kiosk
where he sold confectioneries, while the son sold noodles beside the
kiosk. He explained that Adeleke had actually paid the balance of N30 to
the suspect’s son.
He said, “He was joking with the boy that despite being a
customer, he went and reported him to his father. They started abusing
each other. At this time, the son was already preparing noodles for me
on the instruction of Adeleke.
“The next thing I saw was that Adamu, who was eavesdropping,
brought out a spiked plank and hit Adeleke with it. I cautioned him, but
he faced me and hit me in the leg. I sustained some injuries.
“When Adeleke saw that he could no longer handle the situation,
he took to his heels. But the man followed him and hit him in the head
as he tried to jump the gutter. He fell and hit his head against the
edge of the gutter.
“When Adamu saw that he had become unconscious, he took him
into his kiosk and poured water on his head. He was doing this when a
large number of residents stormed the place. When he sighted them, he
abandoned the man and took to his heels.”
He said the suspect, speaking in Hausa, asked his son to flee in another direction.
“The boy escaped, but we were able to get Adamu. We called the police and handed him over to them,” he added.
The mob was said to have destroyed Adamu’s kiosk and set it on fire
after Adeleke died around 12am on Monday. It was gathered that Adamu
and the deceased were friends. One of Adeleke’s close friends, Tunde,
said the victim once protected Adamu from a robbery attack.
“But Adamu is ill-tempered,” he added.
Tunde appealed for support for Adeleke’s family members, whom he
said depended solely on him. Before his death, the deceased had recently
bought a piece of land in Ogun State where he planned to build a house
for his wife and nine-year-old daughter.
A bus driver, who did not want to be identified, said the policemen from the Igando division handled the situation maturely.
“The DPO spoke with the protesters. He released N15,000 for the corpse to be deposited in a morgue,” he added.
A source said a mob invaded the Igando Police Station in a bid to
lynch the suspect. He said the DPO quickly transferred the suspect to
the Area M Command.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said investigations were ongoing.
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