A man, Godwin Elewana, has been
accused of killing a 22-year-old youth,
Douglas Ojugbo, for allegedly having an
affair with his daughter.
Neighbours said Elewana, who lives in the
Cross River Basin Development Authority,
Eight Miles area of Calabar, Cross River
State, had warned Douglas to stop coming
to his house to see his daughter.
It was learnt that Elewena could no longer
hold his anger on March 10 when he
pursued the boy from his house and
allegedly shot him to death.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Elewana
first shot Douglas in the arm, and later
gave him another shot in the leg.
Neighbours told our correspondent that he
subsequently bundled the lover boy into
his car and drove him to the Federal
Housing Police Station. It was learnt that
the youth died on the way to the station.
Residents of the area said policemen at
the station allegedly hastened Douglas’
burial at the Goldie Cemetery to cover up
the crime. But the Divisional Police Officer
in charge of the station, Mr. Mike
Ezenwenrem, said the allegation was false.
One of the neighbours, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, said, “The girl’s
father had warned the youth not to come
near the daughter again, but the two of
them ignored the warning. I think that was
why the man decided to take that horrible
action.
“On that fateful day, we saw the man
running after the lover boy. When the man
caught up with him around the basin
authority gate, he shot him. After shooting
him, he dragged him into his car and
drove off.”
It was gathered that the parents of the
deceased got the information about their
son two days later and immediately went
to the Federal Housing Police Station.
PUNCH Metro learnt that on getting to
the police station, the bereaved parents
were told that their son was dead and had
been buried without their consent.
It was alleged that the DPO coerced the
father into signing an undertaking not
make any complaint to any authority
whatsoever.
But the bereaved father, Mr. Augustine
Ojugbo, who is also a lawyer with Kanu G.
Agabi & Associates, said he had ignored
the DPO and had petitioned the Assistant
Inspector General of Police, Zone 6,
Calabar, and the National Human Rights
Commission to investigate the cause of his
son’s death and bring those who killed
him to justice.
In the petition, Ojugbo said his son was
not having any romantic relationship with
Elewana’s daughter.
He explained that Douglas had sold his
mini laptop to Elewana’s daughter, who
made part payment, adding that it was
the balance the son went to collect when
he met his untimely death.
He said, “My son is 22 years old.
Sometime this year, he sold his mini laptop
to the daughter of Mr. Elewana Godwin.
Elewana’s daughter name is unknown to
me at the moment. But she made a part
payment of the agreed sum, leaving the
balance.
“My son, in a bid to collect or recover the
balance of his money, had been visiting
the lady at home and he ran into Elewana
on his previous visits. Elewana, not pleased
with the boy’s presence, demanded to
know what he was doing in his house. My
son explained to Elewana of his
transaction with his daughter. Elewana,
without any effort to verify the boy’s
story, asked him to leave his house and
warned him never to visit his house again.
“My son was about leaving when
Elewana’s daughter cornered him and
asked him to come on March 10 to collect
the balance of his money. On that faithful
day, my son went to Elewana’s house,
hoping to see the daughter as agreed, but
unfortunately he saw Mr. Elewana.
“Elewana, upon sighting Douglas, ran into
his room and fetched his gun. My son took
to his heels to save his life. However,
Elewana pursued him until he caught up
with him at the gate of Basin Authority,
and he shot my son first on the leg as a
result of which Douglas fell down. To
accomplish his goal, Elewana shot him the
second time on the arm.
“Elewana still bundled Douglas into his car
and took him to the Divisional Police Officer
of the Federal Housing Police station. The
DPO conspired with Elewana to get rid of
Douglas’ corpse.”
Douglas’ mother, Mrs. Maria Ojugbo, who
is a Director in the Department of Fishery,
Ministry of Agriculture, corroborated her
husband’s claim when she said the family
did not know about the death until March
12 when his body was exhumed from a
grave in Goldie Cemetery.”
But the DPO said he never knew Elewana
until the corpse of Douglas was brought to
his station as an unidentified suspected
armed robber.
Ezenwenrem told PUNCH Metro that
Douglas was brought in by the station’s
patrol team that got a distress call.
He said, “I got a call from one of my
patrol officers, who said an armed robbery
suspect was being brought in. I called the
control unit, informing them that a suspect
was apprehended at the Basin Authority
area. When the patrol came, I saw
somebody at the back of the pickup and
they brought him down.
“They brought some iron rods and one
locally-made pistol, saying an angry mob
nabbed the robber. Elewana was there
with the mob. He (Elewana) said he was in
his compound, when he heard his dog
barking and that when he checked, he
saw someone rushing out from the sitting
room of the other flat.
“He said the suspect (Douglas) threatened
him with the machete he was holding, but
he (Elewana) said he retreated to his flat
and brought out his double-barrelled gun
and shot the suspect. He said after the
shooting, the suspect still managed to
scale the fence, but the people around
pursued him, brought him down and beat
him up.
“I sought to know the boy’s identity, but
nobody knew him. I then told my men to
take the statement from Elewana who
acted in self-defence. The corpse was
unidentified and besides I could not raise
N35,000 to take him to the mortuary, so I
called health workers in the state to take
him away.
“I don’t know anything about this issue of
girlfriend and boyfriend. The man said the
boy came to rob in one of his flats and
later threatened him. So, it was a case of
robbery.
“People should not face the police, they
should face the man who shot him. The
man is not on the run.”
When asked why the police buried the
corpse in a hurry, the DPO said, “Where
do you expect me to keep the corpse
when I did not have the financial power to
send the body to mortuary?
“We have health authority that could be
called upon anytime to dispose
unidentified corpse.
“Where they could have faulted me is if
someone had come to identify the corpse
and I still went to the health authority to
bury the corpse. We normally call them to
come and dispose corpses, especially
unidentified ones. At every point in this
whole issue, I communicated with the
Commissioner of Police and also sent
signals. I did not follow the health
authorities to where they took the corpse
to..”
When contacted, the Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Hogan Bassey,
declined comment on the matter.
But PUNCH Metro learnt that the polce
in Zone Six had commenced action on the
matter by arresting Elewana.
Credit: www.punchng.com/metro-plus/man-kills-lover-boy-over-affair-with-daughter/

Omomo

Let's call a spade a spade, a sturbon fly follows the cops to the grave. All the. Same RIP to the deceased.

kai. rip dear.
dads and their over-protectiveness

why kill such a promising young man just becos u saw him with ur daughter?? rip bobo.God wl judge.

de dead boy na mumu!
He shud at least respected de man & neva seeing de gal in her own house.

toto killing youths since 3BC