The Vice Principal of Ibadan Grammar School, Mr Iyiola Agbejinmi, tells OLUFEMI OLANIYI how a suspected ‘Yahoo Boy’ (Internet fraudster) killed his sister, Mrs Abimbola Uthman, for daring to challenge him after he bashed her car
how a suspected ‘Yahoo Boy’ killed his sister, Mrs. Abimbola Uthman, for daring to challenge him after he bashed her carMy name is Agbejinmi Oyewumi. I am from Ogbomoso in Oyo State. I am the Vice Principal, Ibadan Grammar School, Molete.What was her occupation?
She was a teacher at Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan. She was just 48 years old when she was killed by aNo, but her seven-year-old daughter narrated how the incident happened to me.The daughter told me that her mother went to meet the eldest daughter, who was returning to Ibadan from Ekiti State at the gate of the University of Ibadan. That was on October 14, at about 8pm. She went to the University of Ibadan area where she intended to pick the eldest daughter.
My sister came down to check the extent of the damage done to her car by the Toyota Sienna but the driver of the vehicle which hit her did not come down and was not moved at all. She told the young man to park and come down to check the damage but the young man was said to have threatened to crush her with his vehicle if she didn’t leave the road. And even before she could move, the boy crushed her and she was rushed to hospital to save her life but she died few hours later.
I was told they first rushed her to one or two hospitals before she was taken to the UCH where she eventually died the following morning, October 15.He fled with his vehicle immediately he crushed her. It was her daughter who was in the car with her that narrated what happened. She gave the description of the boy; she said he was wearing dreadlocks, the typical hairstyle ofShe said the boy is short and fair in complexion. Those were what she could say about the boy who killed her mother.
The police assured us that they would do everything to get the killer and we are hoping and waiting for that to be done. We pray that God will lead them. They have promised us that they would do their best.Yes, she has been buried. There was no use delaying the burial. It was a very sad incident and we had to do that quickly. She was buried last Wednesday.Everybody is traumatised by the incident. That she died is painful but the manner of her death makes it more painful.