Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
27-year-old suspected murderer simply identified as Amadi pictured above, who fled home after he stabbed someone to death during a fight on December 19th 2016 at Aker Base water-front in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, says his recent arrest by the police was because of the way he was dressed.
Amadi who fled his home after committing the crime, was apprehended by some police officers during an inspection on Monday, August 21st. In an interview with The Sun, Amadi said he was inside a tricycle also known as keke napep when some police officers from Rumuolumeni Divisional Police Station, stopped the vehicle to conduct a search on all the passengers.
“I was arrested on Monday, August 21st along Nkpordiagha road, by policemen when I wanted to cross water to Port Harcourt City. Policemen were searching Keke Napep (tricycle) passengers passing the road. They did not see anything with me but because of the way I dressed. Police arrested me because I was wearing an earring and head-warmer. One of the policemen said I looked suspicious and arrested me. I did not drag with them.”
He was taken to the police station where he confessed to having stabbed someone to death.
Amadi recalled the incident that led to him stabbing the deceased. According to him, he was part of a group of boys from his community that collects some levy from those involved in oil bunkering in his community. He said the refusal of the boy to pay his levy led to an argument which degenerated into a fight.
"When we got there (waterfront), we asked the boys doing business there the owner of the product. The boys did not respond. We asked them again, but none of them answered us. What we normally do under that situation is to push one of the drums of the product out to recover our money. My fellow community boys were the ones doing this thing with the owners of the product because I was on call all this while. Later, a fight ensued and I rushed to them. I didn’t know I was also a target. Our opponents were over 20, while we were only seven. They stabbed me and one of my boys. I retaliated. When the pressure became much, we escaped to treat ourselves. Unfortunately, the boy didn’t make it. I was the only one our opponents knew very well. So, they took the corpse to our house. My sister went and reported the matter to Police. At that point, I left home,” he said
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