Opc Member Kills Etisalat Employee Over N10 Toll In Ejigbo.

A suspected member of the Odua Peoples
Congress known by the pseudonym
“Ultimate” on Monday allegedly killed an
employee of Etisalat, Chukwuma Eze, in the
Ejigbo area of Lagos State during an
argument over N10 toll.
It happens that N10 toll was
collected by the OPC members at a
footbridge that links Ejigbo with Ajao Estate.
It was gathered that the deceased told the
collectors that he had only N1, 000
denominations with him and offered it to
one of the collectors who asked him to
come back for his balance.
Eze was said to have agreed but was
shocked when on his return a female
member of the group insisted that the
deceased did not give N1,000 to the
collectors.
The telecoms employee was said to have
been angered by the denial resulting in a
fight between him and the female member
of the group.
Sensing that the female member of the
group could not match Eze’s strength,
“Ultimate,” was said to have brought out an
object suspgrrttected to be charm and hit the
telecoms employee with it on the chest.
Eze, who is to marry in April, reportedly
slumped and died on the spot.
It was learnt that immediately words
filtered in that Eze had died, his kinsmen
in the area carried out a reprisal and
attacked some members of the OPC found
at the footbridge.
A source said that in the
ensuing pandemonium, a member of the
OPC was also killed, while some
motorcycles and a generator belonging to
members of the group were vandalised.
The spokesperson for the state police
command, Mr. Joseph Jaiyeoba, who spoke
to our correspondent on the telephone
confirmed the incident but said facts about
the incident were still sketchy.
He said, “One Chukwuma Eze was allegedly
killed by some people collecting money at a
footbridge but we cannot say for sure if the
collectors are members of the OPC or the
local government revenue collectors.
“The incident caused a stir as some friends
of the deceased confronted and fought with
the suspects.
“The details of what exactly transpired are
still sketchy because the incident occurred at
night but another corpse, identified as one
Sumonu, was also found at Ajao Estate later.
We (Police) do not know if his death is
related to Eze’s killing.”