{"id":56323,"date":"2021-12-29T18:07:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T17:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=56323"},"modified":"2021-12-29T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T15:42:28","slug":"family-seeks-justice-for-imo-university-student-killed-by-yahoo-boys-in-ogun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/family-seeks-justice-for-imo-university-student-killed-by-yahoo-boys-in-ogun","title":{"rendered":"Family seeks justice for Imo University student \u2018killed\u2019 by Yahoo-boys in Ogun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The family of late Alexander Uzoma has cried out for justice over the alleged murder of their brother by some suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo-boys, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.<\/p>\n<p>The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, had last week arrested four young men, who had confirmed that they dumped the corpse of the 20-year-old boy on Kuto Bridge, in Abeokuta on November 20.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement released by Oyeyemi, the suspects said Alexander, a 300-Level student of Imo State University, visited them to learn internet fraud, after which he took a substance called Colorado and died.<\/p>\n<p>However, the elder brother of the Business Administration student denied telling the police that their brother went out to see a friend, saying he left home to watch a football match at a viewing centre around Adigbe, Abeokuta, being a Manchester United fan.<\/p>\n<p>One of the siblings, Jude Uzoma, told newsmen that he could not fathom how the police came about telling the public that his brother went to see his friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was the one who wrote the statement when we got to Adigbe police station with our mother. We didn\u2019t tell them he went to see any friend. We said he went to watch football. Where did the police get that information from?\u201d Jude asked.<\/p>\n<p>The young man revealed how he and his mother visited Ibara, Obada, Lafenwa and about 15 police stations, including the State police headquarters, Eleweran, in search of the missing boy, whose phone he said kept ringing out.<\/p>\n<p>After several failed efforts to locate Alexander within two days, Jude stated that the Association of Imo Indigenes in Abeokuta was informed, adding that the effort of the association brought about the transfer of the case to the police headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the immediate elder brother of the deceased, Augustine Uzoma said the police had informed them that his late brother was in contact with one of the said Yahoo-boys, who called him on phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was in contact with only one of them, we don\u2019t know how the other three came into the picture. According to what the suspects told the police, they said he followed them to their house; they ate, took Colorado, slept and woke up around 8pm. When they woke up, they found out that he had vomited all over his body and died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe further made our own investigation and discovered that those guys live at Lipede Estate. The police told us that they tracked my brother\u2019s phone to know his movement. As at 3:36 pm on that November 20, they said the person called him and they went to a bar at Onikoko.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police also told us that at about 6:20pm, his phone was tracked to another place at Onikolobo, and that was where the tracking ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf those guys are claiming he died in their house, his phone should be tracked to Lipede Estate. The tracking was supposed to end at Lipede, not Onikolobo,\u201d Augustine said.<\/p>\n<p>Augustine recalled how the police said a Uber driver\u2019s car was borrowed to convey Alexander\u2019s body to where it was dumped, saying \u201cwe didn\u2019t hear that the police have invited the owner of the car for questioning or that the car has been impounded as part of evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the police might be engaging in a \u201cfoul play\u201d in the way the case was being handled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want justice. Those guys killed my brother in cold blood for whatever reason. We demand that the case should be properly investigated. Those guys should face the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brother was never a drinker or smoker. He didn\u2019t take anything like drugs. He couldn\u2019t have taken Colorado. He was never into internet fraud. He didn\u2019t contact them to learn Yahoo-yahoo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police have told us to look for N200,000 to exhume the corpse and conduct an autopsy. The health workers who buried the corpse said they saw a deep cut on his head. We have every reason to believe that he was killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin this week, we will raise the N200,000 for the autopsy. All we want is that everybody should respect the dead by ensuring justice is served. Those who committed this crime should not use money to escape judgement. The police should do their work diligently,\u201d Augustine pleaded.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that their distraught widowed mother, Christiana Uzoma, who is the Headteacher of St. Peter\u2019s Anglican Primary School, Ilogbo-Olofin, Ogun State, is currently with other family members in Imo State, grieving over the unfortunate death of her last born.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The family of late Alexander Uzoma has cried out for justice over the alleged murder of their brother by some suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo-boys, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. 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