Thursday, June 6, 2024 –A nursing mother has died after allegedly being shot by their neighbour during a disagreement over solar light debt in Ogun State.
The husband of the deceased, Dauda Jolaosho,
a resident of Alako Nla village, along Kobape Road, Abeokuta, alleged that his
neighbour shot and killed his wife.
Jolaosho, 44, who is a fish farmer,
alleged on Wednesday, June 5, that his neighbour and friend, Saheed Olawale, a
timbre operator, shot him and his wife but while he survived with a gunshot
wound on his arm, his wife died instantly.
Narrating the tragic incident, Jolaosho
stated that the incident which occurred on Wednesday, April 2024, had left him
completely shattered, as his wife left behind eight months old twins, and three
other children aged 13, 10 and 5.
He said, “This incident actually
started on April 23, 2024. I was about to go out when the people that we bought
solar lights from came to my house.
“We actually bought these solar
lights from them last year, in March; we made a deposit of N10,000 after which
we are now paying N1150 every week, the total money is around N67,000.
“And I have been paying what is due
for this solar light every week, in fact, what I have left to pay is N3,000. So
when these people came to my house, they said that they wanted to check on
Olawale too, who is also popularly called Komaye.
“They said that Olawale has stopped
the weekly payments and that even when he is called he won’t pick his calls.
They said they are left with no choice than to go back with the solar light to
their office and they left a phone number with which he can connect with them
whenever he’s back from work.”
Jolaosho added that immediately after
Olawale got back from work and found out that they had taken his solar light
back to their office, he got into a verbal altercation with him and wasn’t
ready to listen to his explanation.
He said, “The following morning,
which was Wednesday, April 24, Olawale came to my house, picked up my phone and
left.
“The next thing, I saw him coming with the local gun and while my wife was on her knees begging him not to shoot, he suddenly pulled the trigger and I was hit on my arm, but when I looked back I found my wife of almost 18 years in the pool of her blood, she was dead.”
The fish farmer said the incident was first
reported at Kemta police station, Abeokuta, after which it was transferred to
the Ogun State police command, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
He added that his late wife was
buried on Tuesday at Alako Nla, Abeokuta.
While demanding justice for his wife,
he implored the Ogun State government and Nigerians to help him care for the
five children left behind.
The Divisional Police Officer of
Kemta, CSP Wale Famobuwa, in a conference call with the spokesperson of Ogun
State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident.
The DPO said, “The incident was reported to
our station between 12 and 2pm on that day and we went to the scene of the
crime.
“What happened was that the husband of the
woman who was shot dead was engaged in a fight with the alleged killer of the
woman.
“He was said to have threatened to stone
the man who later killed his wife, but this alleged killer warned him not to do
that and that if he should stone him, he would shoot him.
“Jolaosho, however, reportedly went ahead
to stone Olawale after which he (Olawale) drew out his dane gun and shot at
Jolaosho and his wife who was trying to broker peace.”
The police added that Olawale was still at
large and vowed to bring him to book.
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