Police Accused Of Collecting N350,000 To Cover Up Teenager’s Death Probe

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A woman, Fatima Wasiu, is seeking justice for her late son and has
accused the police in Lagos of being tardy with the probe of the
teenager’s death.

Fatima alleged that her 14-year-old son, Basit
Wasiu, was strangled after her landlord threatened to forcefully evict
her family from his house.

It was gathered that while the police
were investigating the case, the landlord of No. 8 Adeniran Street,
Isale Iju Ogundimu, Iju, Ishaga, Lagos State, was released after he
allegedly paid the sum of N350,000 and no further action was taken on
the case.

The mother of four said she was denied justice because she did not have money and had no one to fight for her.

Fatima
told our correspondent, “I moved into the apartment in 2016. When my
rent was due for renewal in June 2018, my landlord requested that I pay
for one and half years, but I told him that I could only afford to pay
for one year. At first, he told me to bring the money but after some
days, he returned it and said the payment was already late.

“Afterwards,
he started pressurising me that I should leave his house. He said if I
didn’t leave on my own accord, he would forcefully push me out. I begged
him to give me some time to get another apartment, because I am
separated from my husband and I am the only one taking care of our four
kids.

“In July, someone called me and told me that he was
directed by my landlord to call me. He also threatened that I must leave
the house or I would pay dearly for my refusal to leave. I went to beg
the landlord not to harm me and my children.

“After some days, I
went to get some foodstuffs for my catering business. I left my last son
at home hale and hearty. But by the time I got back, I met his corpse
on the chair. I quickly rushed him to the nearest hospital with the hope
that something could be done to revive him, but it was too late. It was
at the hospital that the bruise around his neck was shown to me and it
was confirmed that my son was strangled.”

The Oyo State indigene
said she had not found peace since the incident, because the suspected
killer of her son is still walking free.

Fatima added,
“When I returned to my apartment, the landlord had already mobilised
some policemen from the Red House Police Station, Iju, Ishaga, to come
and arrest me for refusing to leave his house. After I explained all
that happened to the policemen, my landlord was detained instead and the
case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba.

“While we were at the
SCIID, we were asked to pay N20,000 for an affidavit. My husband was
able to raise N15,000 and we promised to pay the balance. Some days
later, while we were still trying to raise the balance, we were told
that my landlord has been released on bail. I learnt that the sum of
N350,000 was paid for his release and he has been walking freely ever
since.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti,
however, said the landlord was released because there was nothing
linking him to the death of the teenager, adding that the police had
done all that was needed to be done on the case.

He stated, “The
landlord was invited for questioning and he denied the allegation. We
didn’t let him go; we still transferred the case to the Homicide Section
of the SCIID, Panti, to investigate further. Investigation commenced
and his alibi was checked upon to be true and there was nobody to
corroborate the evidence of the tenant.

“Nothing so far has
linked the landlord to the death in question. In other words, no
criminal evidence has been established against the landlord. He was
granted an administrative bail and the case file was sent to the
Directorate of Public Prosecutions for advice.

“Everything that
is needed to be done as far as the police are concerned has been done.
The police invited the family of the boy to seek their consent for an
autopsy to be conducted to ascertain the cause of death, but they did
not respond to the invitation.

“The man was not released
because of N350,000. Anyone who knows the Homicide Section of the SCIID
will know that they are very thorough. It is because nothing was found
against the man that was why he was released and not because of money.”

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