Beatrice Oyesolu, the seventy-five-year-old mother of the twin brothers who were shot dead on Saturday by a trigger-happy policeman guarding Paulson Hotel on Anibaba Street, Ketu-Ikosi, Lagos, is utterly devastated by the loss of the sons. The aged woman said her sons, Taiye, a naval officer and Kehinde, an engineer ─ both 34 years old, had concluded plans to start building her a house next month before the tragedy struck.
The drunken policeman, Stephen James, with Force number 217884, had opened fire on the brothers and their friend, Jeje, who was celebrating his birthday on the fateful day. The trio had cautioned him to stop harassing customers, who reportedly declined to buy him bottles of beer.
James, said to be a drug addict and notorious for shooting sporadically, killed the twins and their friend before shooting himself dead. It took entreaties from residents around the hotel to stop the angry mob who wanted to set the facility on fire. Sympathizers thronged a house in the community where the twins’ mother was. The sympathizers rallied round her as she cried uncontrollably.
She said, “I just came back from church yesterday when they broke the news of their death to me. The government should help me because Taiye and Kehinde were the only hope I have. I have been stripped naked because they are my clothes. Who will I turn to now?
“They promised me a lot of things next year. They wanted to start building a house on my parcel of land next month. This is the seventh month after the death of their father.”
Source: Punch
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