Demand for Justice: Protest rocks Lagos community over killing of chief

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Demand for Justice: Protest rocks Lagos community over killing of chief

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July 30, 2023

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The residents of Lotu town in Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State have taken to the streets to demand justice for the murder of Chief Fatai Jubril who suspected land grabbers allegedly killed on July 15, 2023.

While displaying placards bearing several inscriptions on Saturday, the protesters including the youth, women, aged, and the family members of the deceased victims demanded the commissioner of police, Idowu Ohunwuwa’s intervention in the matter.

The family members and residents narrated the killing of the chief by the suspected land grabbers. The slain chief’s widow, Ejiro, said she was also assaulted while struggling to shield her late husband from being killed by the over 50 hoodlums.

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The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident in an interview with reporters last Tuesday and said the police had launched a manhunt for the suspected killers.

After several days of no significant development on the investigation, the residents took to the street over an alleged fear of cover-up while seeking the intervention of the traditional ruler of Ibeju Land to support the community and the police to apprehend the suspects involved in the killing.

In a video sent to a report correspondent on Saturday, one of the protesters who spoke through a megaphone called on the police and other traditional rulers in the area to help find the whereabouts and arrest of the absconded suspects.

The protester said, “The king of Ibeju, help us to look for the suspects. The DPO Akodo please find the suspect. This is the face of the killer. This is a country with laws and others. We want justice. Please save us. Let the suspect not kill us all. He has threatened to kill us all. The government should help us.

“We strongly appeal to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to grant us justice. Those responsible for the death of Jubril must be caught. The matter must not be swept in the carpet.”

The state PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, could not be reached as his phone rang out when our correspondent called him on Sunday to ask about the status of the investigation.

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