“In anger, the naval chief ignored Edeh’s plea,
reached for his pistol holster, retrieved his service pistol and shot Edeh in
the mouth. He died instantly.”
By Nse Peter
The above is
an excerpt from a news report in Saturday
Independent newspaper, about the naval chief, Felix Olanrewaju Odunlami
whose life imprisonment for the murder of a commercial motorcycle rider in Lagos
have been affirmed by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court upheld the decisions
of the General Court Martial and the Court of Appeal, Lagos.
Here is the other part of the story as reported by
Saturday Independent:
Lieutenant
Odunlami (with force number: NN2121) was traveling from Lagos State
Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja to Apapa on July 25, 2005 when, at Allen Roundabout,
Ikeja, a commercial motorcycle ridden by Peter Edeh hit the naval officer’s car
from behind.
On
realising that the owner of the car was a military personnel, Edeh was said to
have knelt down to beg Odunlami for forgiveness.
In
anger, the naval chief ignored Edeh’s plea, reached for his pistol holster,
retrieved his service pistol and shot Edeh in the mouth.
He
died instantly.
Passers-by,
who were attracted by the naval chief’s action, attacked him, burnt his car and
almost lynched him but for the timely intervention of policemen.
Remarks
by THINK AKWA IBOM! editor: We pray, the sentencing of Felix Olanrewaju
Odunlami should serve as a deterrent to military men who take laws into their
hands.
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