NIYI’S ELDER BROTHER RECEIVED THREAT CALLS

BY ESTHER EGBE

After the brutal killing of the Lagos base business man, Mr. Niyi Ehindero he was kept for twenty days, before the police could release his corpse for burial who was on Thursday allegedly shot to death by a Soldier attached to operation MESA Unit on Bada Street in Mushin area of Lagos. It was very difficult for the family to carry their late brother, friend, child corpse for burial. the IPO delayed the case, the IPO at Alakare trying to frustrate their effort, which when they got to the state security they query the police man that was on duty, event the OS at State CID police side, they were mad at him, that what happened to Niyi can happen to anyone They told the Police Officer that as a Calabar man that lived in Lagos. He should remember that some of his family will be back at home.

Germany told National daily that his brother was only six years in marriage. According to our research, it was reported that late Niyi is related to the former inspector of police please, I would not want to discuss that Niyi’s.

He also said that it is still shocking  thing and sad for the family because they are in  deep  pain over the death of our brother son, husband and the way he was killed and how the army are handling the case is very painful. Finally, the army has been able to identify the killer, second Lt Matthew that was attached to OP MESA from Lagos Government Security Funds from Alausa; they are under Lagos State Security funds.

What we the family of Niyi is saying is  that the killer should be brought to book, what we have been hearing from different sources is that the  Army are trying to hide the killer  that is what   I think, because they keep telling us  they are  doing investigation for so long , but have no condoles visit from them. None of them has done anything they only wrote to the lawyer and which is uncalled for.

The army should not take it as if it is just a thing that the army does not have respect for the constitution. The definition of army is a security of the Nation to protect citizen, but not to kill the innocent citizen. I see no reason why an army cannot apologize regarding to the death of my brother, they only thing they are saying is that they are investigating the matter. They don’t know he still have an aged grandmother and what has happened to him can happen to anyone, what if that happened to them, how they are going to feel.

By the time they see the publication  about them on  the newspaper, they start moving around to block the paper from publicizing which is improper, if they did not do anything wrong press will not carry it. When the incidence happens, the army was inviting witness to come to barracks to testify against the victim.

All we are saying is, let them release the killer and let him be prosecuted by the police that is all we want.

Please don’t take picture of me, because of security reason and also the ways the army are handling the cases, its’ shocking to the whole family and the ways they have been going around. Am not suppose to talk to you, there are spoke men for the family but as time goes on, you will see them. The lawyer handling Niyi’s matter said the family should relax for the army to fetch out the killer and see how far they can go regarding their investigating that a little time should be given to them which is what they are waiting for and I have been receiving threat calls from people that if i does not forget the case, they will come after me. Many threat calls.

Germany advice pressman not to visit the soldier office, if they want anything let them write official letter to the media house.

According to a report, it was realized that the soldier who shot Niyi was on drugs of cause I have got friends and mates in the Military, they have not been involved in such an act of killing for pleasure during operation. when former Lagos State Governor Maruwa, when he was the Governor of Lagos State I have got friends that work as monitoring officers for operation and they work diligently, devotionally, wholeheartedly, they have been taking responsibility of Lagos State security they have done it over three/four years. There was never anything of such report with them. Some of them are senior officer now, but to me the guy took an advantage that way I see it, was uncalled for somebody should just waste my brother’s life in a very short time like that.

A petition has been written through our lawyer they have done it. For the police at the State CID level they have done do well at least I can comment them that they have done well. The police have been doing investigation and they were against what the former Corporal Edet. What he has done, by foresting the effort in which they almost wanted to detain him at State CID, so he had to invite in respect to because of delaying the Corpse for twenty days. They even told us they will call his DPO to come and write in respect to that too. That why I said the State CID for now with the ways they have gone with this, I can comment they have done well.

According to residents, it was gathered that after the incident the army and police who work around there surveying the place, the resident were just looking at them while one young man said how can you kill someone and feel no regret, that is not fair, then this young man  was taken away for two hours, he came back unhurt

But became quite when he came back. According to Niyi’s brother, the witness said the Soldier is using toning cream. On that Thursday 5^th of January 2012, over hundred people are in the State Police Station at Alakare residents of the neighborhood they witness what happened. Many of them run inside their house, because there was one burial wake keeping that day in the street.

Germany said Niyi and his friend went to that area to collect money they owed his friend that also owed him, the idea was if this friend collect the money, he will pay him. Niyi’s brother told National Daily that when his brother was shot, the friend said he saw it through the window .that was what Niyi’s friend told him. The friend said he left Niyi inside the car to go see his friend that was owing him so he could pay Niyi, only for him to hear a gun shot, then he run into the house and look through the window only to discovered that his friend was shot by the soldier, Standing beside th said he never had any argue mention with them.

 The first thing the Soldier  asked Niyi was where is the gun, he reply was I don’t have gun, then the next thing, he said was that do you know I can shot you now, he then shot him, he search the car and did not see any gun, he went to the house when Niyi’s friend wanted to go to check if he could see the friend, but there was nobody there, then the soldier went to another house and said that a man  has been shot death there without knowing that a lot of people has seen him under pretence .when he shot Niyi, if you people don’t take time, other people will be shot too like him. The friend said when he shot NIyi, he shouted, scream aloud and waited beside the car in his pool of blood for some minute before he gave up,he would save Niyi from dying but because the Soldier threat to kill anyone who come close  Niyi would have been saved because there was a close by hospital around the area. The people could not help Niyi, because of fear of the soldier .after shooting  him he was standing beside his car to watch him die in cold blood. It is a kind of wicked killing, Matthew said anybody that wants to die let him come out the person will die like the way he die, if you see where it happened you will see that he bleed to death.