Arrest my son’s killers, mother cries out to Lagos police boss

THE family of 14-year-old Qudus Anifowose, who was allegedly murdered by his teenage neighbour in Ire-Agunfoye in Ikorodu, has called on the Lagos Commissioner of Police, Zubairu Muazu, to bring the killer to book.

The bereaved mother, Mrs Risikat Anifowose, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that her son was last seen with the 17-year-old neighbour (name withheld) before his mutilated body was found in their backyard.

According to Mrs Anifowose, a search party which was formed when her son went missing on October 14 found his dismembered body in an uncompleted building behind the neighbour’s house two days later.

The mother alleged that police in the area advised her to resolve the murder incident ‘amicably,’ instead of conducting a thorough investigation into the matter.

She said she was shocked when she later learnt that the police had released her son’s suspected killer and grandmother and allowed both to move out of the community.

“I am begging the Lagos State Commissioner of Police that he should come to my rescue; the suspected killers of my son are being shielded and helped by the police.

“My son was just a 14-year-old and why should he die such a painful death with his organs removed?

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“His tongue, heart and private organ were removed and there are still bloodstains over the fence on which his body was thrown into the uncompleted building from the suspect’s compound.

“We are appealing to the police commissioner to ensure a proper investigation is carried out and the perpetrators brought to justice accordingly,” she said.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, told NAN that investigations were ongoing to ensure that the culprits were brought to book.

He assured the parents of the deceased that justice would prevail and that the perpetrators would be punished accordingly.

“Detectives are on the issue and investigations are ongoing; we assure that the offenders would be brought to book,” Elkana said.