A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ward B, Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos (Oworonshoki) Samsondeen Ali has been killed by land grabbers otherwise known as omo onile.
According to reports Ali was brutally murdered by the thugs who on Saturday.
Sources on the area disclosed that two popular omo online, Nurudeen Suraju and Lukmon Taiwo, aka Bobalabe, went to Ali’s house at Aralamo Street, Oworonshoki, while he was erecting a fence around his building for security reasons.
The assailants were said to have demanded for the sum of N5,000 before he could proceed with his construction.
“They were arguing over the payment when one of them hit him on the head and chest with a shovel and a plank. He slumped immediately and was rushed to Afolabi Medical Hospital in Suraju’s jeep, where he was pronounced dead. After they were told that he had died, Suraju fled the scene and abandoned his car at the hospital,” a source said.
The incident was witnessed by Mrs Ajanlekoko, the mother-in-law of the deceased, who said that the Omo Onile had been threatening and harassing her and her family since the demolition of their community.
She said they beat her, attacked her spiritually, and now they have killed her son-in-law. She demanded justice from the government and called for the arrest and prosecution of the culprits.
She said that Mrs Silifa, popularly known as Iya-Agan, is the elder sister of Suraju, who killed Hon. Ali.
Ali, a strong mber of the APC and former Councillorship aspirant, is survived by his wife and young children.
The police have launched an investigation into the case and vowed to bring the perpetrators to book.
