A 26-year-old man, Wisdom Okafor, has been
killed after a scuffle with a car wash attendant,
Monday Ekwekuba, in the Ojokoro area of Lagos
State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that 38-year-old
Ekwekuba, an indigene of Imo State, attacked
the victim with a stick before chasing him into
the path of a speeding vehicle after he saw him
(Wisdom) in his girlfriend's house.
Wisdom was reportedly crushed to death.
The incident happened on Clem Street in the
Ijaiye Ojokoro area.
Our correspondent was told that Wisdom was a
casual friend of Ekwekuba's girlfriend, and was
preparing for JAMB examination when he was
killed.
The police from the Ojokoro division were said
to have arrested the suspect, while the corpse
of the deceased was taken to a mortuary in the
area.
The victim's elder brother, Celestine, told
PUNCH Metro that the police had earlier
arrested him accusing Wisdom of being involved
in a fight.
He said, "On Sunday, March 22, around
10.30pm, the police came with a lady to my
house and asked for my brother. They said he
was involved in a fight and had injured a man
named Monday (Ekwekuba), who had been
hospitalised.
"I told them my brother went out to see a
friend and had yet to return to the house. They
said they would arrest me until I was able to
produce my brother.
"I was detained and later they asked me to pay
N10, 000 for Monday's treatment, which I did.
"They then asked how I would produce my
brother, and I decided to call him in their
presence. His phone started ringing in the
pocket of one of the policemen. The officer said
the phone belonged to the man in the hospital,
who had just died."
Celestine said the police took him to the
morgue where he identified the corpse of his
brother.
He said that was when the suspect's girlfriend
opened up to the police that Wisdom had
visited her on the day her boyfriend came, and
accused her of dating him.
It was learnt that Ekwekuba began to quarrel
with his girlfriend and was fighting with her
when Wisdom intervened.
Celestine said, "The man then decided to go
downstairs and wait for my brother. When my
brother came down, he picked a stick and hit
him on the head.
"As my brother ran, he pursued him into the
mouth of a speeding vehicle and he was crushed
to death."
The suspect was said to have fled the area.
However, the police reportedly arrested his
boss, who then produced him after some time.
Celestine appealed to the police to release his
brother's corpse, saying his job had been
adversely affected by the incident.
"Our mother is late and our father is in the
village in Enugu. He is sick, and I cannot inform
him of the death of our brother because I don't
know what can happen to him. My job has been
at a standstill and they should please release the
corpse to us so I can go and bury him and
move on," he added.
PUNCH Metro l earnt that the police wanted to
obtain the autopsy report before releasing the
corpse to the family.
The deceased's younger brother, Daniel, while
expressing his sadness urged the police to give
the family justice.
He said, "It was after he mistakenly dialled her
phone number and they spoke that she invited
him to her apartment and that was how they
met.
"He later saw her in a nylon company where he
was working to raise money for his exams. She
was also working there. She was older than my
brother and there was no way they could be
dating," he added.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State
Command, Kenneth Nwosu, when contacted,
did not pick his call.
He had also yet to reply to a text message on
the incident as of the time of filing this report.
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