Lagos traditional ruler denies being indicted for murder

The traditional ruler of Badore, in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos, Chief Waliu Adeniran Moye, has denied allegations that he was indicted by a police investigation into the murder of a man identifies as Rasaki Jikoji, adding that there was no contest between him and the deceased as he was officially installed as Baale of Badore by the Eti-Osa Local government and the Lagos State government before the demise of Jikoji

Chief Moye in a letter signed by his legal representative, Mr Bolanle Olugbani, to the Inspector General of Police, Zone 2 Zonal Command, Onikan Lagos, maintained that during the entire course of the investigation, the police gave him a clean bill of health and exonerated him of any involvement in the murder of Jikoji, adding that he was surprised when the police officer from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti Yaba informed him that he might be charged to court, following a complaint by the widow of the deceased.

The letter which alleged that extreme prejudice, bias, improper police investigation and wrongful police action against the Baale and people of Badore, urged the Assistant Inspector of Police to take over the investigation in order to prevent a gross miscarriage of justice.

The traditional ruler explained that in April 2021, an indigene of the Badore community, Rasaki Jikoji, was murdered by unknown assailants and he was subsequently invited along with his chiefs and members of the Badore community for investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Yaba, Lagos and during the entire course of the investigation, he was given a clean bill of health as the investigation did not indict him at all

According to him, on September 1, 2021, the Deputy Commissioner of Police briefed him, members of the Badore community and the family of the deceased in the conference hall of the SCID Panti Yaba that two suspects had been arrested for the murder of Mr Rasaki Jikoji and they were informed by the Deputy Commissioner that one suspect confessed that he was a cultist and the second suspect confessed that he was present when the late, Rasaki Jikoji was being killed and that both suspects would be charged to court by September 3.

He explained that he was surprised when he received a call from an officer at the S.C.I.D Panti, Yaba on September 13, that he was likely to be charged for “threat to life” and that he should report because the widow of the deceased complained that her life was being threatened in Badore Village and that the community land of Badore was actually her husband’s land.

“Our client has reliably informed us that two friends of the late Rasaki Jikoji have a close relationship to one of the Investigation Police Officers, I.P.Os in the murder investigation that did not indict our client and that they are the ones influencing this I.P.O to at least charge our client to court “for something.”

“This would be a great travesty of justice if this is allowed to happen just to humiliate and scandalise our client who has not been indicted by any investigation for murder. We have no confidence at all that our client is being fairly investigated and we believe that there is a high degree of bias and prejudice being exhibited against Chief Waliu Adeniran Moye by two IP.O’s at the homicide section of the S.C.1.D Yaba,” the lawyer said in the letter, urging the Assistant Inspector General of Police to direct the investigation to prevent bias and prejudice and to prevent a gross miscarriage of justice against the traditional ruler.

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