A
wicked and heartless evil neighbour has been arrested by the police
after he confessed to have killed a bank agent with his gang members.
Ayodele Awodiran
A bank agent, Ayodele Awodiran, aka AY, has been stabbed to death
by some suspected robbers including his neighbour on Lambe Junction,
Alausa village, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State,
according to Punch.
It was gathered that the 38-year-old graduate of Economics of the
University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, was attacked by an eight-man gang
while returning home from work around 10pm on Sunday.
The assailants dispossessed the father of three of two Point of
Sale terminals, an accounting record book, recharge cards worth N40,000,
a cash sum of N200,000, and an Automated Teller Machine card.
When he reportedly identified one of the unmasked assailants as his
next-door neighbour, the men were said to have stabbed him with screw
drivers and knives and left him for dead. He died after he was rejected
by two private hospitals.
The Esa Oke, Osun State indigene was finally admitted to the
General Hospital, Ifako, where he died. A family friend, who begged not
to be identified, said people were still mourning the loss when a series
of alert on his phone indicated that N2.1m had been withdrawn from his
bank account.
He said, “AY had POS terminals in his shop. Whenever people
needed cash, they went to him with their ATM cards. He gave them the
cash after charging a token like N100 or N200. He also sold recharge
cards and he had some people working for him.
“He was going home on Sunday, May 14, when the okada
(motorcycle) he was taking home was waylaid by armed robbers. The
assailants, numbering eight, collected money from him. He also released
his ATM card PIN code to them as well; but they still killed him.
“Two days after he died, the family received alerts of N2m on his phone.”
The management of his bank was informed of the development, just as the case was reported to policemen from the Ajuwon division.
Police operatives were said to have investigated the withdrawals,
which led to the arrest of nine persons, including the chairman of the
motorcycle riders’ association in the area.
The suspects allegedly confessed to the crime, saying they didn’t
plan to kill Ayodele until he identified one of them. The hoodlums
confessed that they had been monitoring the victim for sometime.
The motorcycle rider, who took him on the day of the incident, was reportedly planted by the assailants to aid their operation.
Ayodele’s neighbour, who was a member of the gang, was said to have
suggested that he took the motorcycle home, which he agreed to,
oblivious of the danger ahead.
The rider then took him through a route where the assailants were already waiting for him.
The victim’s widow, Bosede, who recently gave birth to their third
child, said their marriage was barely five years when Ayodele was
killed.
She said, “I was with him on that day. He asked me to leave
with the kids around 9pm so I could prepare food for him. When I got
home, I called his line, but he did not pick the call. I guess it was
around that time that those people held him hostage before killing him. I
want justice to be done. My husband must not die in vain.”
A community leader, Pastor Adewunmi Oyebode, urged the police to get to the roots of the case and prosecute the culprits.
Oyebode noted that resolving the murder would help to bring lasting peace to the community.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi,
confirmed the incident, adding that investigations were ongoing.
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