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THE brains and hands behind the killing of an Assistant Manager with the United Bank For Africa, Mr. Adindu Ohamara has remained a mystery to both his family and detectives at the homicide division of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos.
The family has continued to mourn their ‘Umbrella’ and the man they regard as “a kind and generous brother.”
The only thing that could bring solace to the Ohamar family is if the killers of their beloved son are intercepted and made to face the wrath of the law.
Adindu was murdered in his apartment at No 26 Obayan Street, Akoka, Lagos.
The Ogbaku, Mbaitoli Local Government Area born deceased banker, who had his traditional marriage in December 2012, had almost concluded his wedding classes according to the Roman Catholic creed and was billed to wed his heartthrob in June when his killers came to his house unhindered, sending him to his early grave.
His senior sister, Mrs. Immaculate Igbeka, who spoke to The Guardian amidst tears and grief, urged the Police to get to the root of the matter. She also dispelled the rumour that her late brother was gay as reported by some national dailies (not The Guardian).
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“I was the one that was called immediately the incident was discovered. My brother lives with my immediate elder sister. My sister called my number at midnight and said I should start coming that someone has stabbed Adi. My husband and myself took the car and started rushing to the place. Before we got there, the neighbours have taken him to Military Hospital, but they refused to treat him there. So we took him to a private hospital and they started treating him and put him on oxygen, but after sometime, the doctor told me that they cannot manage the situation and that we should take him to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and we did.
She continued: “At LUTH, we could not wait for all the protocol, my husband called his friend at Havannah who urged us to bring him. When we got there, the medical team was waiting. They checked him and confirmed that he was dead. For now, his killer is at large. My younger sister who lives with him, who is now in police custody said when she got home, my brother was not around. As she was coming in, my brother drove in with his car and brought down the fuel from his booth because there was no power. He took the fuel into their flat and the sister walked into her own room because their rooms are ensuite. She said she did not come out again. Another student of the University of Lagos who lives with them went to Adi’s room to ask if he could go and turn off the generating set when he met him in a pool of his blood.”
Detectives have since arrested the sister and neighbours for questioning over the sudden death of Adindu.
According to Igbeka, a mother of three: “So far, the police has arrested my sister, the neighbours and the security man. The police have released the neighbours while my sister and the security man are still in police custody. The police are still investigating the matter; they have not told us anything but they said they would address us when they make progress. So we wonder how the reporter of the newspaper company got his report that a gay lover killed our brother. My brother was never gay, he was married to his wife and the family is really pained by that report. Our image is at stake; we want justice from the police over this matter.”
“My brother had an open traditional marriage in the village. His church wedding was supposed to come up on June 22. The wedding date had already been fixed before his killers snuffed life out of him. He was like an umbrella under which everyone in the family was hiding. He has worked with FCMB bank, from there he went to Oceanic and later went back to FCMB. Just recently, he moved over to UBA as an Assistant Branch Manager. He lived a responsible life so we wonder where the rumour was coming from.”
A statement by another senior member of the family, one Pastor Kelvin Ohamara read: “Our attention has been drawn to a media report carried by the newspaper on the death of our brother and son, Adindu Oharama, who until his death worked with the United Bank for Africa. The reporter who wrote the story insinuated that a gay lover might have killed Adindu. For the benefit of the doubt, we wish to state that the report is not correct. Adindu lived a normal life even till death. At no point in his life did he have preferences for men.”
“Adindu had a public traditional marriage last December. He did not engage in a fight with any man who, according to a report by the newspaper, is a suspected gay lover who came to the house to engage in a fight. We also wish to point out that Adindu did not have any domestic staff. We, therefore, wonder which domestic staff purportedly spoke to the newspaper correspondent in the story published on April 30, 2013.”
“The story is a figment of the imagination of the reporter and we have requested an immediate retraction. We hold the newspaper in high esteem and urge the paper not to degenerate to junk journalism. We are deeply saddened by the very painful loss of Adindu. This story and whatever it stands for, is traumatic and unfair. We are currently in deep pains and urge the media not to deliberately add to our trauma,” he said.
He added: “The family is currently giving the crack officers at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba maximum support to unravel this murder. At a meeting with the family today (April 30) Police detectives handling the case also disassociated themselves from the report, and wondered why a reporter would not cross-check facts with the investigators before going to press. We commend the Police for the wonderful work that they are doing on this case. Reports like these are obviously intended to distract the Police from their duty and should be discouraged. We urge the media not to be used by individuals or persons who may want to derail investigations.”
-The Guardian
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We pray that the cause of his death should be revelaed and the killers to face the full wrath of the law.
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