The wife of a computer dealer, Adeniyi Asubiaro, has urged government authorities to arrest a police inspector, Akeem Skoda, attached to the Lion Building Division on Lagos Island, for allegedly killing her husband.The widow, 24-year-old Idiyat, who gave birth to a baby girl on Friday, lamented that her husband’s death had shattered their plans as a couple and truncated their union, which started barely a year ago.PUNCH Metro had reported on November 26, that 32-year-old Asubiaro had just come back from a mosque and was relaxing in front of his home on Oshodi Street, Lagos Island when he was felled by a stray bullet reportedly shot by Skoda...
It was reported that Skoda was part of a police patrol team that raided the street after a birthday party went violent on November 20.However the Lagos State Police Command had refuted the allegation, claiming the name (Akeem Skoda) was not in its database.But a source close to the police confided in our correspondent that Skoda’s real name is Akeem Sodiq.While narrating to our correspondent, the effects that Asubiaro’s demise had on the family, Idiyat said, “I feel very pained. I never thought our marriage would be this short. His death thwarted all our plans while I was pregnant. We just rented an apartment and planned to move in as soon as I give birth to the baby. It is unfortunate he did not live to see his daughter.“I am pleading with the government to ensure that the officer is arrested and prosecuted because my husband was neither a party person nor a thug. Skoda must not be allowed to go scot free. He has made me a widow when I am supposed to be enjoying my marriage.”
PUNCH Metro also learnt that the deceased’s mother, Mrs. Iyabode Ganzallo, had, through an activist, Mr. Apata Akinsemoyin, petitioned the Office of the Public Defender, Lagos State Ministry of Justice on the incident.The petition, dated December 11, 2014 and obtained by our correspondent, read in part, “On Thursday, November 20, 2014, in front of Ganzallo Compound on Oshodi Street, Lagos Island, my son, Adeniyi Asubiaro, 32, was shot dead by one policeman popularly called Hakeem Skoda, attached to Anti-Robbery Squad, Area A Police Command, Lion Building. Immediately after the incident, the policeman left the scene.“The incident was brought to the attention of the police authorities and we have yet to hear anything about it. At the Area A, they are claiming that the name of the policeman is not in their database whereas he goes by that name on the Lagos Island. There is no way we can allow this injustice to go unpunished. It is unacceptable and inexcusable for the police to claim and regard the policeman who shot and killed Asubiaro as an unknown officer.”
Ganzallo further told PUNCH Metro that she was directed to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Yaba to report the incident, adding that she was discouraged by the ‘gesture’ of an Investigating Police Officer who allegedly demanded N20,000 from her to investigate the case.
When asked on Sunday whether Akeem Sodiq existed in the command’s database, the Lagos State Police Spokesperson, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said the person that would verify the officer’s name was not around and promised to get back to our correspondent. He had, however, yet to do so as of press time.
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