2:36:00 AM
A 35-year-old man, Ejike Onyejekwe, has been
killed in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, who lived on
21 Road, K Close, FESTAC, was stabbed to death
after winning a lot of money from a lottery.
Our correspondent gathered that Onyejekwe, to
celebrate the winning, bought drinks for his
friends and threw a party last Thursday and
Friday.
It was learnt that on Friday evening, he was
heard arguing with an unidentified person on the
phone.
He allegedly told his friend he was going to see
the man, but never returned.
His corpse was allegedly discovered the next day
on one of the estates.
A resident, who did not want to be identified, said
the chairman of the estate called the attention of
residents to the corpse on Saturday.
He said, “I was sipping tea around 7am when I
heard the chairman blowing a whistle. I thought it
was strange, but my wife called my attention to
the surging crowd on the estate.
“I went downstairs and saw the corpse on the
road. Like everybody, I was alarmed. We could
not tell how the corpse got there or who he was.
He had multiple stab injuries in the head. We all
resolved that the case should be reported at the
FESTAC Police Station.”
It was learnt that some of the victim’s friends
later identified him.
The corpse was said to have been deposited in a
morgue, while the police arrested and detained
the chairman of the estate and his secretary; they
were later released.
A source told PUNCH Metro that the victim won a
lottery few days to his death.
He said, “The man won a lot of money in a lottery
and from last Thursday to Friday, he was asking
his friends to drink at his expense.
“He was called on the phone that Friday evening
and he went to meet a man. I suspect that a
gang stabbed him and used an object to hit him
in the head. There were bruises on his knees and
it appeared they dragged him on the floor as well.
“When the police were removing his corpse, blood
was dripping from his mouth and nostrils. He was
murdered in cold blood.”
A friend of the victim, who did not identify
himself, said his relative had visited the
community.
“I can’t say why he was killed. Nobody knows. He
just returned from a visit to the village,” he
added.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo
Badmos, confirmed the incident, adding that the
case had been transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.
She added that the police had already arrested
two suspects in connection with the death.
She said, “The chairman of one of the estates
reported that at about 7am, he woke up and saw
the victim lying lifeless with injuries on his head
and body. The corpse was deposited at the Isolo
General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy. Two
suspects, Suleiman Ahmed and Ibrahim Yusuf,
were arrested and the case transferred to the
SCIID for further investigation.”
