A human rights lawyer Barrister Kunle Fadipe has been murdered in his home in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
He
was stabbed to death last night by a man who invaded his residence at
Harmony Estate, near Karaole Estate, College Road in Ifako Ijaiye Local
Government Area.
According to a resident who craved for
anonymity, at about 11:30 p.m. when the estate was plunged into
darkness following power outage, the lawyer sent his son to go and
switch on the electricity generating set. And as the boy came out from
the house the assailant who was armed with a knife seized the boy and
ordered him to take him to his father.
The source further explained that as soon as the man got
to Fadipe he stabbed him in the neck and back before his daughter ran
out of their apartment to call for help.
“One of the
security guards in the estate rushed in and as the knifeman was trying
to snatch the guard’s gun, another guard came in and shot the man in the
leg. He was eventually overpowered and arrested but before then the man
had also stabbed Fadipe’s mother in-law, son and daughter,’’ the
eyewitness said.
When P.M.NEWS visited the
scene this morning, scores of sympathisers had gathered at Fadipe’s
house. The Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government, Toba Oke, Comrade
Lawal Balogun of Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, the
Divisional Police Officer in charge of Iju Police Station, Olatunji
Ajimuda, Mrs. Folasade Daniel who is the acting DPO of Pen Cinema Police
Station, as well as the Police Area Crime Officer at Area ‘G’ Police
Command Ogba, were all there.
The motive for the attack
could not be immediately ascertained. However, the police said they had
taken the suspect into custody and that the incident would be
thoroughly investigated.
A woman identified as Mama
Bola, who was crying uncontrollably, said she is one of those who
benefited from the free legal services of the late Fadipe.
She appealed to the authorities to ensure that the perpetrators of the attack are brought to justice speedily.
Source:PM News
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