I’m Shocked My Husband’s Family Is Demanding N500m From Gbaja, Says Wife Of Murdered Vendor

Josephine Okereke, the wife of the Abuja-based newspaper vendor who was allegedly killed by a security aide of Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has expressed shock that her husband's family are demanding N500 million compensation rather than seeking justice.

Okereke told journalists on Thursday that what she wants is justice for her late husband, and not the compensation being sought by his family.

Ifeanyi, her husband, was shot by Abdullahi Hassan, a Department of State Services (DSS) operative attached to the speaker, last week.

He was rushed to the hospital and couldn't make it back alive.

Not long after Gbajabiamila promised to assist the man’s family and ensure justice for his killer, they wrote the speaker, demanding N500 million compensation.

Following a piece of advice given to the family by a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), to accept the money as it will at least mitigate the obvious trauma and hardship the premature demise of their irreplaceable breadwinner has placed on them.

Okereke, however, told journalists in Abuja that she was not privy to the N500 million compensation requested by the family.

“I was in my house when within 10 minutes my father-in-law came from Abia, he went out along with his other son and the next day I heard that my husband’s people are demanding...SEE MORE HERE