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Cultists Kill Alfa For Refusing To Buy Hemp by ogahlouiskid18(m): 8:49am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Some hoodlums, suspected to be cult
members, have killed a 25-year-old Islamic
cleric, Alfa Rahmon Alabi, in the Ayobo area
of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the Iseyin, Oyo
State indigene, was on his way to a late
night prayer on Thursday when the gang
members accosted him.
They were said to have asked him to buy
them some hemp, but he refused and
allegedly abused the men, saying it was
against his faith as a Muslim.
It was learnt that the hoodlums became
angry and attacked him.
He was said to have been dispossessed of
his phone before he was stabbed to death.
A friend of the victim, who asked not to be
named, said Rahmon was attacked when he
got to a junction where the cultists had their
hideout.
He said, “ Alfa was very popular around here
and we all loved him. He had nothing to do
with cultism. In fact, he served as the
muezzin and also woke people up with
songs every morning for the Sahur ,
preparatory to the fasting.
“On Thursday night around 10pm, he said he
was going for prayer. When he got to Kaka
Junction, the cult members stopped him and
told him to buy hemp for them.
“He refused and said he was on his way to
the mosque for a prayer. He showed them
his Quran as a proof.
“Then the cultists said if he knew what was
good for him, he would but the hemp
because they were Eiye members (cultists).
“He replied them and said, ‘The Eye (birds) I
know do not live with humans, they stay in
the forest’. They became angry that he had
the boldness to reply them.
“They then collected his phones and stabbed
him.”
It was learnt that the victim ran after the
cultists in a bid to get one of them, but
couldn’t.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Rahmon, who was
married with three children, also worked as
a bricklayer.
His corpse was said to have been deposited
at a morgue.
The victim’s widow, Kabirat Alabi, said she
was shocked when she was told on Friday
morning that her husband was dead.
She said, “He told me that he was going to
work and he would be going for a night
prayer from there. It was the following
morning that I was called that he had been
killed.”
The victim’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Sherifat
Olubode, appealed for help from the
government for Rahmon’s children.
Olubode, who said Rahmon was the only one
taking care of her before his demise, asked
that justice be given to him.
A community leader, Demola Olota, said
four of the six cult members that perpetrated
the crime had been arrested by the police.
He said, “He was going for Itikhaf, which
Muslims observe 10 days to the end of the
fasting period. The six cultists asked him for
money for hemp, but he refused. He ran
away from them, but they pursued him and
stabbed him to death. Four of them have
already been arrested.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations
Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, said he would get
back to our correspondent.
But he had yet to do so as of the time of
filing this report.
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Re: Cultists Kill Alfa For Refusing To Buy Hemp by Nobody: 8:52am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Re: Cultists Kill Alfa For Refusing To Buy Hemp by sweetguy10(m): 8:53am On Jul 16, 2015 |
His life would have been saved only if he had given them just hundred naira to save their troubles , or better still talk to them in a soothing way that won't bring this death upon him . Wisdom eluded him and he will even pay a greater price when he gets to meet his maker . He'll be sent to hell for wanton foolishness RIP Alfa |
Re: Cultists Kill Alfa For Refusing To Buy Hemp by Nobody: 8:59am On Jul 16, 2015 |
Smokers r d most lazy set of people on earth |
Re: Cultists Kill Alfa For Refusing To Buy Hemp by marshalcarter: 8:59am On Jul 16, 2015 |
RIP He should've just given dem |
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