Wife of late Hamburger demands for justice

The wife of the murdered Chairman of Tricycle Riders Association, Shogunle branch, Oshodi, Lagos state, Mr. Razak Bello, aka Hamburger, has called on the Lagos state police command to investigate the killing of her husband and ensure the perpetrators face the wrath of the law.

According to Alhaja Abolore Bello, who had returned from Dublin over news of her husband’s death, two men, who were behind her husband’s murder, have been arrested and are presently in police custody.

It was gathered that the alleged killers who grew up together with Hamburger had surrendered themselves to the police.

While addressing Journalist on the development so far, Abolore said she and her daughter became uneasy when their attempts to see the killers were thwarted.

The widow said that she didn’t understand why Investigating Police Officers at the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Homicide Section, were shielding the killers from them.

The wife of NURTW chieftain killed in Shogunle on May 29 returned to Nigeria with her eldest daughter, for the burial of her husband and had since been going to Panti to know the outcome of police investigation.

Abolore explained that she and her daughter, frustrated, stopped going to Panti and chose to return to Dublin after she got fed up with the bureaucracy.

She said, “My husband was killed on the 29th by a gang led by one Samson and his boys. According to eyewitnesses, they killed my husband and ran away. But later, Samson and Tunde handed themselves over to policemen at Panti. Community and family members have sent a petition to different offices.

“The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni and some other top officials were at our residence to pay us condolence visits. They all promised us justice. Now that two of the culprits are in police custody, my family and I demand justice.

“I was at Panti to meet with policemen in charge of the investigation, they are Popoola Fatai and Olaniyan Razak; they both confirmed that the two suspects were in their custody. I’m pleading with the Lagos CP, to ensure justice is done as he had earlier promised.

“All I want is justice. We’re talking about a family man with kids and aged mother. He was the breadwinner of our family and his life was snuffed out just like that. I want Nigerians to be aware of what is going on. I believe that nobody should be above the law. I was also with the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Commander, Disu Tunji, he also promised us justice.”

Similarly, residents of Saka, Olori, Yekini, Tiwalade,and Ago Owu streets have also appealed to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris and The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni to bring the culprits to justice.

One Mr. Tunde Usman said, those who killed killer hamburger are moving freely in the country boasting that nobody will arrest them.

He said: “One of the leaders who engineered the killing of hamburger who is chairman of the NURTW is walking freely at Oshodi and other part of the state that nothing will come out of any investigation conducted by the police.”

“We want the killers arrested and prosecuted, because the contribution of the deceased to our various communities is enormous and the case of his death cannot be swept under the carpet that was why we are demanding for justice.”

Another resident who gave his name as Mr. Taofik Adedeji said, while alive, the deceased touched so many lives including youths and elders.

he stated, “We are law abiding we don’t want to take laws into our hands that was why we are calling on the concern authority to assist us.”