Why Gunmen Killed Sowore’s Brother, Olajide – Police

By Charles Igbo

The Police Command in Edo State has revealed why alleged kidnappers killed Olajide Sowore, younger brother to Omoyele Sowore, Social activist, Politician and  Publisher of SaharaReporters.

Olajide was killed Saturday morning, about 6:45am along the Lagos-Benin Expressway.

In its first comment on the sad incident, the Police had said aside from killing Olajide, five other people were kidnapped. The impression created was that it was the same incident, and that Olajide was a passenger in same bus.

It turns out not to be true as the Police has clarified the circumstances surrounding Olajide’s killing. They were two separate incidents.

According to the Edo State Police Spokesman, Olajide, who was driving his own vehicle was killed because he refused to stop when the devils flagged him down.

They shot at his car and, fatally, hit target.

The Command said he was driving towards Benin from Okada when he met his death.

The Command, also, explained that the five kidnapped people were passengers in a commercial bus. They were travelling at an uncivilised hour (in insecurity-ridden Nigeria) when their bus developed a problem along the road Time was 2.00am.

They became easy targets for the kidnappers who pounced on them.

The Federal Road Safety Commission had, on several occasions, canvassed against night journeys.

The killing of Olajide Sowore,  a Pharmacy student of the Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, sparked outrage across the country.

His more known elder brother, Omoyele, has put the responsibility on President Muhammadu Buhari’s Government. He said that since his arrest, and restriction in Abuja, Olajide had taken over, from him, the responsibilities of catering for 19 members of the family. It was the pressure of that responsibility, he said, that put pressure on Olajide to be on the road that early in the morning.

The Police say on the trail of the devils.