Fatia Osun, who is a Muslim cleric and is
popularly known and referred to as an
“Alfa”, is alleged to have connived with his
younger brother Sakiru, to kill Yusuf so
that they would share the entire amount.
The late Yusuf Osun was strangled with a
2.5mm wire by Fatia while his other
brothers stabbed him.
After the murder, the half brother of the
perpetrators and the deceased, Tunji,
sent a text message to a neighbour,
telling him that Yusuf had passed away.
He informed the neighbour that Yusuf
had gotten drunk, slipped in the
bathroom and hit his head.
However, his story was suspect because
Yusuf was a known teetotaller, and
suspicious neighbours came to the house
and found Yusuf’s body with all the
wounds. They alleged that Tunji assisted
his brothers in moving Yusuf’s body to
the bathroom and cleaning out the sitting
room, where the incident had occurred.
At this point, the crowd turned into a
mob, and beat up the brothers before
informing the police who promptly
arrested the brothers.
The genesis
According to neighbours, their late father
had willed the house to Yusuf because of
long lasting disagreements that he had
with Fatia, the eldest over his lifestyle.
But, said neighbours also claimed that the
men’s father failed to leave a written will
behind.
After the death of their parents, Alfa
proposed the sale of the house to his
brothers but the late Yusuf objected to
the sale of the property which was valued
at N15 million. Yusuf instead suggested
that they rent the house out and move to
the boys-quarters because to him, the
house was their only hope for long term
survival.
His refusal led to a disagreement between
with his brothers, which resulted in a
bloody fight. It was alleged that in that
fighting, his brother, Fatia, stabbed him
six times. Yusuf however survived this
fight and was admitted to hospital where
he recovered after spending almost 3
weeks.
Upon his release from the hospital, Yusuf
apparently accepted to sell the house and
divide the money as his brothers wanted,
so the house was put up for sale.
Eventually, a buyer showed interest and
offered
N15 million.
Upon reaching an agreement with the
prospective buyer, the eldest, Fatia,
informed his brothers that he was
entitled to N10 million of the money,
while they would have to make do with N5
million amongst themselves.
The neighbours said that Yusuf had the
previous night asked people to lend him
N1,000 to go out since he wasn’t
comfortable sleeping in their home.
Neighbours react
When a TelegraphNG correspondent
visited the neighbourhood, the residents
were all still in shock.
A neighbour who pleaded anonymity, said
he was surprised that Alfa could carry out
such a dastardly act adding that she
never imagined that such a thing will
happen in their estate.
“That means, his going to mosque and
the whole Alfa thing is all camouflage, we
all need to be wary about people around
us, how can someone be so inhuman and
callous to kill another person not to talk
of killing his own brother over worldly
things”.
A neighbour, Yinka Adewale, said one of
the accused and the most senior (Fatia)
was also responsible for the death of
their late father.
“His plan was to sell the house long time
ago, the death of his brother is not
surprising to me because his father died
mysteriously, so did his mother. He was
taking out all those that seemed like a
stumbling block to him,” Yinka said.
“Something of this nature has never
happened nor heard of within this
vicinity, Mobile Estate is a peace place to
live. Its a sad event, I don’t even want to
talk about it again. Its just so painful”
another resident lament.
Confession
During interrogation, Sakiru, one of the
accused who is also the youngest in the
family, said his elder brother promised to
send him abroad so he can have a good
life if he took part in eliminating their
brother, Yusuf.
Investigations are currently ongoing at the
Area E command Police station, Lagos
and will be transferred to the Panti police
station Yaba for further investigation.
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