Undergraduate hacked to death two months to wedding

Vanguard Newspaper has reported a Tragedy which struck at Olorunfunmi Street in Oworo area of Lagos, on Thursday, following the  murder of a 32- year-old man, Lawal  Afolabi Kunbi, allegedly by a  debtor, in a bid to evade repayment.

Late Lawal Afolabi Kunbi (left) and his mother

Early that Friday, Aliu was allegedly seen fetching water from Kunbi’s compound.  The number of times he went to fetch water reportedly arouse the curiosity of  residents,  necessitating the brave ones to  ask what he was doing with the unusual volume of water he was fetching. Not satisfied with his explanation, some of the residents,

it was learnt, forced their way into his apartment,where they allegedly discovered, to their shock, blood stains all over the place. The suspect was said to have been using the water to clean up the blood stains in his apartment, apparently to cover up his track.   Also,  shattered louvres were reportedly seen all over the apartment. Consequently, the residents descended on Aliu.

According to the landlady, “That fateful night,  I sent my daughter to go and lock the gate, only for her to come back to say Kunbi’s shop was still opened at that odd hour. I decided to come down myself to lock the gate and still met the shop opened. I was surprised because it was very much unlike him . He never kept late nights nor lived a frivolous life. I decided to  go downstairs to  lock the gate myself , with the intention that he would call when he returned. A boy told me he left the shop at about 8pm and, when I asked where he went to, he could not provide answer.

 I decided to call him on the phone, only to discover it was ringing right in his shop. Two hours later, I called the boy who said he saw Kunbi going out, to find out if he was back but  he said no. At that moment, I knew something was wrong and informed my husband.

To my shock, after my morning devotion, I went out only to see a crowd watching a lifeless body that was covered with nylon. On further enquiry, it was the body of Kunbi!”.

Kunbi, a business  administration student of  Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo, reportedly received a telephone call from a private security guard, identified simply as Aliu, who lives on same street with him, to come and collect  N32,000 owed him.

Sunday Vanguard gathered that the deceased, who owned a provision store, sold his motorcycle to Aliu, in order to raise money to pay his school fees, about a month ago.

However , after receiving the call, Kunbi dashed out of his shop to Aliu’s  apartment, adjacent to his shop, obviously  optimistic  he would pay his school fees after all.

The unexpected

But, unknown to Kunbi, who was said to be preparing for his wedding in December, Aliu allegedly  had a sinister motive up their sleeves. The bridegroom to be simply disappeared, forcing members of his family to conduct a search for him through out Thursday night.

The search party found  the lifeless body of Kunbi  around 9am  on  Friday behind Aliu’s compound, throwing the entire community into mourning.  A source said the victim’s   five fingers had been  chopped off, while marks of violence were apparent all over his body. There also a  rope tied round his neck, suggesting that he could have been strangled.  The question on everyone’s lip was, who could have killed Kumbi?

Suspects arrested 

Meanwhile, five suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with the incident. One of the suspects is Aliu.

God!