08/07/2016

Mysterious death of fire fighter in Lagos raises dust

As accusing finger continues to move in different directions over the death of their bread winner under mysterious circumstances, the family of late Ime Okon Eyo, are also suspecting some members of the deceased church.


 The deceased, an Assistant Commander with the Federal Fire Service (FFS), was allegedly brought in dead by three pastors of his church in company of a lady. Curiously, that was the last time the family heard anything from them till date. Deceased sister opens up That day was May 6th  2016. Late Eyo’s sister, Mrs. Gloria Ekpenyong, said they recieved phone calls that day between 6:45am and 7am on May 7 informing that her brother died around 10pm the previous day and his body was deposited at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) mortuary. About the same time, she also received a call from another colleague of the deceased, Mr. Macaulay Anthony, an Assistant Commander, informing her that the brother was dead. Anthony then requested that she should come over to the Fire Service at Ojuelegba in Lagos. 

Mrs. Ekpenyong and her husband, Henry, told  Crime Guard that they left the deceased at the Barracks with some of his colleagues around 6pm that fateful day- May 6th. She said blood was on this mouth, nostrils and injuries were on his face and the back of his head when they saw his body at the mortuary. She also noted that the presence of pastors from Narrow Way Gospel, Itire, Lagos, where the deceased worshipped at the mortuary without prior information to the family, suggested foul play and she also met three fire officers there. Pastor reacts One of the pastors at Narrow Way Gospel, Itire, who was at the morgue, told Crime Guard that they were instructed by the General Overseer of the church to go to the hospital after they got a report from a church member that the deceased had a fatal accident. According to him, they only got to meet his corpse. But further investigation revealed that the late Eyo had gone to visit a female friend named Vera Mbang at No. 1, Balogun Street, Itire, Lagos at about 9:30p.m on the day he died. Lady speaks The lady he reportedly visited told Crime Guard under strict anonymity that the late Eyo was a very good man.  “He is my friend and a pastor in my church. I have known him for about four years. He usually came to our place and he was a very quiet and likable person. That is why I do not think anyone would have wanted him dead. It was raining the day he came.   It was in the night and I was upstairs.  Suddenly, I heard someone shout and when I came down, I saw him on the ground with blood everywhere. I really do not know what happened, but I guess he might have fallen.” General Overseer laments According to the General Overseer of  Narrow Way Gospel Church, Pastor David Okorie, late Ime’s death took everyone unaware and the cause of death is unknown to them. In his words,” Ime Okon Eyo’s death took us unaware. His death was untimely in all aspects. Nobody expected it to be so. We were all here at the church and suddenly, a lady ran inside around 11pm and notified us that Ime has slumped. So, my pastors went to where he was and took him to a private hospital. “The hospital referred us to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, and he was confirmed dead. This whole scenario was between that time and 3am the next day and at that time; you cannot call the family member that your brother is dead.  The only family member that we had his contact was in Port Harcourt and it was a woman’s number. “Even if someone is not learned, any adult will know that you don’t talk about the death of the family member on the telephone. We also alerted Mr Ekpeyong Desmond, an elder in the church and a member of the Fire service. He was with us throughout the process in the mortuary. Nobody knows what really happened to Ime, our member,” he said.

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