Residents stone 52-year old power firm official to death in Ogun

- Some residents of Ogun state have stoned an official of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company to death

- Peter Ayole was spending his leave with his family in their Ota house when he met his untimely death

- The incident happened on Wednesday, June 6, in Ota-Idiroko in Ota area of Ogun state

An official of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, Peter Ayole, has been stoned to death by resident of Ota-Idiroko in Ota area of Ogun state.

Ayola, a 52-year old EEDC official was said to be an auditor at the Abakaliki, Ebonyi state office of the company.

Punch reports that Ayola who was spending his leave with his family in their Ota house had a disagreement with some neighbours over generator fumes at a site belonging to him when the incident occurred.

Narrating the ordeal, Ayole's widow, Oluwafunmilayo said the incident happened on Wednesday, June 6. She said they were at home when her husband said he was going to the site to check on some plumbing work going on there.

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"We had had some people coming to ask us that they needed rooms for rent. Not up to 30 minutes after he left, I got a call that my husband had fallen after he was stoned. The site is just a stone’s throw from our house, so I got there in no time. I saw that he had been laid on a plank, lifeless.

"I asked what happened and I was told that he was stoned by some people who sold confectionary beside the construction site. I learnt that when he arrived there, he met the plumbers idle. The plumbers told him they could not work because of the fumes from the generator of the neighbours who were selling confectionery.

My husband had complained to me several times about them before and all his appeals to them to shift their generator house were abortive.

So, he picked a stick and climbed three blocks beside the toilet under construction. He started hitting the roof of their building with the stick and calling them to turn off their generator," Oluwafunmilayo said.

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She said her late husband became angry when one of the neighbours referred to him as a mad man for disturbing their peace.

“My husband continued hitting the roof when someone stoned him with something like a grinding stone, which hit him in the head. He fell and became unconscious. The workers at the site took him to a private facility in the area where he was confirmed dead. He was subsequently brought back to the site.

"We took him to another private hospital, where the doctor did not even allow us to bring him in before confirming him dead. But he said we could still keep him in an airy place to see if he would regain consciousness.

By evening, we took him to the last hospital where he was again confirmed dead. By this time, blood had started flowing out from his nostrils and mouth,” she said.

She also added that some police officers from the Onipanu division visited the site, saying they had come to arrest the late Peter for disturbing the peace of the suspects.

However, discovery that Peter was dead, the police officer demanded she followed them to the station to make a statement.

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“I was weeping and pulling my husband’s legs and head for him to wake up when the policemen arrived and said they had a complaint against him.

"Obviously, those people after seeing the damage they had caused, went to report to the police as a cover-up. One of the men with me later volunteered to make a statement on my behalf at the division,” she said.

It was also gathered that Peter's elder brother, Isiaka Ayole, a police officer attached to the state's Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos, described the deceased as “highly intelligent.”

Isiaka said only justice would assuage the pain of the family.

“When I went to the police station, the Divisional Crime Officer told me my brother killed himself. But we checked the statements of the witnesses and they said he was stoned. All I want is justice for my brother,” Isiaka said.

Also, the police have arrested five suspects in connection to the death of the late accountant.

The suspects - Morenike Akinleye (43), Ajah Chijioke (46), Sulaimon Akinleye (30), Bose Adebesin (24) and Nurudeen Adekunbi (20) - have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Eleweran, Abeokuta.

They were arraigned on Wednesday, June 6, before an Ota magistrate’s court on two counts of manslaughter. At the court, the defence counsel moved the application for their bail but the prosecutor asked that they be remanded in custody.

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The chief magistrate, J.A. Akan, remanded the defendants in prison and adjourned the case to Monday, July 9, 2018.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a young Nigerian man identified as Gabriel Emmanuel Chinonso drowned while swimming at a pool in Bauchi state. The young man was a 400 level student at the department of electrical engineering at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University in Bauchi.

It was gathered that the incident had occurred at the Yankari Games Resort while the deceased was swimming.

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Source: Legit.ng