Bode David is struggling to
recover from being forced to spend a night with the corpse of his friend, late
Ganiyu, and drink the water used to wash it dead body, to prove he was not
responsible for his death.
It was gathered that the
incident, which happened at Isheri Magodo, a suburb of Lagos, was executed
because before Ganiyu gave up the ghost in the hospital, he kept calling Bode’s
name.
Recounting his ordeal, the
twenty-nine year old mechanic Bode, an indigene of Ekiti State, a mechanic, who
specialized in fixing Japanese vehicles, said:
“I knew the late Ganiyu and
Wasiu in January, when I was looking for someone to fix my faulty Honda car.
“That was when Ganiyu introduced me to Wasiu to fix my car. After he fixed my
car, I paid him N35,000. Since then, we have had no business except when our
paths occasionally crossed and we exchange pleasantries.
On
Tuesday, Wasiu called me at about 6p.m., saying they need my help urgently. He
said Ganiyu was in the hospital and that they needed money to purchase pints of
blood and drips, which was about N19, 000. “He pleaded with me to come. At
about 7pm, without any idea that Ganiyu was dead, I drove my car to the
junction of their street, called him on phone that he should come and collect
N5,000, which was all that I had to assist Ganiyu’s treatment at that time.
“When he came to where I parked my vehicle, he said the hospital was nearby, so
we walked towards where he said the hospital is located.
As
we walked, I began to notice some strange movement in the vicinity as bad boys
filled the area, so I asked where exactly the hospital was. He said we are
taking a short cut to the hospital. ‘’Eventually, the short cut led to a
compound. Immediately we entered the compound, people began to ask me what I
knew about Ganiyu’s death.
I
told them I knew nothing, but they did not believe me, and they began to beat
me. ‘’When they were beating me, a Baale in the area interrogated me, told them
to stop beating me and to hand me over to the police, or they might beat me to
death and then have two corpses on their hands. But they refused. “After
beating me, they forced me to sleep on the floor in the same room where
Ganiyu’s corpse was laid to prove that I had nothing to do with his death.
While they were beating me, my phone and the money in my pocket got missing.
When
they discovered that I was still alive, they washed his corpse and forced me to
drink the water. I refused but they almost killed me with another round of
beating. When it was obvious that I had no option, I drank it. “After I drank
the water, someone who claimed that he knew me called the police. The police
took me to divisional police station at Awoshika, before the case was transferred
to Area F Command. “I have nothing to do with Ganiyu’s death. How would I be
responsible for his death when I had no problem with him? All I want is for
government and Nigerians to come to my aid, and bring those who meted this
inhumane treatment to me to justice.”
Poor guy, Ignorance is darkness
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