THE MURDER OF MOHAMMED TOBI BADMUS: HOW HE WAS TORTURED TO DEATH
By Ogunleye Rotimi Williams .
Monday, 21st of July, 2014, Mohammed Oluwatobi Badmus, the son of Raheem Akinfolayemi Badmus was filled with life and expectations. Like every other young boy, he was up and down getting on with the tasks of the day. Those tasks that would meet his exuberances and earn him the fulfilment of the day. Certainly, death was not one of the tasks; not cheap death from the supposed law enforcement agents who were reported to have tortured him with large dose of chemical substance, which he inhaled and later passed out at a popular hospital, around Lafe Junction Area in Akure.
According to Oluwaseun Badmus, the elder sister,Tobi was alleged to have stolen a Nokia phone from a nearby church within their neighbourhood by one Prophet Bisi." Prophet Bisi called me and said Tobi stole a Nokia phone from his church. When I heard about the allegation, I called Tobi on his mobile line and demanded he comes to the church to meet us. He volunteered he would join us.
"But Prophet Bisi was impatient, he demanded we go meet him. I accepted and joined him in his car to drive to Tobi. Before we got to Tobi, we met his uncle, Mr Sola Oke who brought out the phone, immediately prophet Bisi claimed it was the missing Nokia phone. Shortly, Tobi arrived but said the phone was not a stolen phone and could not have been the one missing.
"At that point, Tobi said since the matter has been reported to the police, he would want the matter resolved at the police station. And off they drove to the Oke Aro B division police station"
Speaking further, Sola said she later saw three police officers< Mr Ade Awodeyi and two others, who were holding discussions with prophet Bisi and that though she didn't know the content of their discussion but heard from one of the police officers at departure that the boy be taken to "BAPTISMAL ROOM" where he would be tortured believing that he would confess to the allegation. .
"I eavesdropped on the last discursion between Prophet Bisi and the three other police officers that my brother be taken to the Baptismal Room where he would be tortured. At this time, I never knew the case was not even indented or recorded, Shortly after the order, I saw my brother dragged out of the station handcuffed with his hands firmly twisted and rested at his back. He was taken away to the Baptismal room located near the station.
"About thirty minutes later, my brother, Mr Ade Awodeyi and the other colleague with whom he carried out the order, emerged piloting my brother;
his eyes swollen and blurred and couldn't stand on his legs. Instead of taking him back to the station, they handed him over to us and directed we go home. we all drove in Prophet Bisi's car back home.
"Immediately he departed, the boy's condition got worst. He held his stomach and started vomiting. We called Prophet Bisi who pleaded we take him to the hospital and that he would join us there. We thought we could access health services in the state specialist hospital but later drove to Liberty Hospital, Oluwatuyi qrts. The doctor expressed their inability to attend to him and at that point we took him to our family hospital who later referred us to Hope land hospital where Tobi later passed out.
"We were told he inhaled a thick dose of canisters substance and that it damaged her brain and caused a serious disorder to his body system. The remains of the boy was released to the us, Prophet Bisi, myself and my uncle. It was deposited in the mog around 9.30pm or thereabout same day", Seun said.
Monday, 21st of July, 2014, Mohammed Oluwatobi Badmus, the son of Raheem Akinfolayemi Badmus was filled with life and expectations. Like every other young boy, he was up and down getting on with the tasks of the day. Those tasks that would meet his exuberances and earn him the fulfilment of the day. Certainly, death was not one of the tasks; not cheap death from the supposed law enforcement agents who were reported to have tortured him with large dose of chemical substance, which he inhaled and later passed out at a popular hospital, around Lafe Junction Area in Akure.
According to Oluwaseun Badmus, the elder sister,Tobi was alleged to have stolen a Nokia phone from a nearby church within their neighbourhood by one Prophet Bisi." Prophet Bisi called me and said Tobi stole a Nokia phone from his church. When I heard about the allegation, I called Tobi on his mobile line and demanded he comes to the church to meet us. He volunteered he would join us.
"But Prophet Bisi was impatient, he demanded we go meet him. I accepted and joined him in his car to drive to Tobi. Before we got to Tobi, we met his uncle, Mr Sola Oke who brought out the phone, immediately prophet Bisi claimed it was the missing Nokia phone. Shortly, Tobi arrived but said the phone was not a stolen phone and could not have been the one missing.
"At that point, Tobi said since the matter has been reported to the police, he would want the matter resolved at the police station. And off they drove to the Oke Aro B division police station"
Speaking further, Sola said she later saw three police officers< Mr Ade Awodeyi and two others, who were holding discussions with prophet Bisi and that though she didn't know the content of their discussion but heard from one of the police officers at departure that the boy be taken to "BAPTISMAL ROOM" where he would be tortured believing that he would confess to the allegation. .
"I eavesdropped on the last discursion between Prophet Bisi and the three other police officers that my brother be taken to the Baptismal Room where he would be tortured. At this time, I never knew the case was not even indented or recorded, Shortly after the order, I saw my brother dragged out of the station handcuffed with his hands firmly twisted and rested at his back. He was taken away to the Baptismal room located near the station.
"About thirty minutes later, my brother, Mr Ade Awodeyi and the other colleague with whom he carried out the order, emerged piloting my brother;
his eyes swollen and blurred and couldn't stand on his legs. Instead of taking him back to the station, they handed him over to us and directed we go home. we all drove in Prophet Bisi's car back home.
"Immediately he departed, the boy's condition got worst. He held his stomach and started vomiting. We called Prophet Bisi who pleaded we take him to the hospital and that he would join us there. We thought we could access health services in the state specialist hospital but later drove to Liberty Hospital, Oluwatuyi qrts. The doctor expressed their inability to attend to him and at that point we took him to our family hospital who later referred us to Hope land hospital where Tobi later passed out.
"We were told he inhaled a thick dose of canisters substance and that it damaged her brain and caused a serious disorder to his body system. The remains of the boy was released to the us, Prophet Bisi, myself and my uncle. It was deposited in the mog around 9.30pm or thereabout same day", Seun said.
