Samson Eletu, a bus conductor, has been arrested for allegedly killing Babatunde Omoyeni, a web designer who planned to spend his Christmas and New Year celebrations in the United States of America.
The Punch reports that the web designer whose demise came days before his trip to the US, was stabbed to death by the conductor over a disagreement on N50 transport fare.
Omoyemi, 38, was said to have decided to go clubbing with his friends after obtaining all travel documents but met his death in the hands of Eletu.
A police source revealed that angry residents almost lynched the conductor before he was rescued by a community leader, who took him to the Aguda Police Division.
Babatunde Omoyeni, the late web designer who was murdered over argument on N50 fare. Photo credit: The Punch
“The victim was returning home after a party when he entered the bus. He gave the conductor N500, but the conductor told him he didn’t have N450 change, because the fare was N50.
“An Alfa in the bus intervened and separated them. But the conductor, who was still aggrieved, trailed the victim to his house,” a source explained.
Eletu reported to have been armed with a broken bottle, banged on the gate into the house, “as the deceased opened the gate, Eletu stabbed him. Babatunde took to his heels, but the conductor chased him. Unfortunately, he fell down and the conductor stabbed him repeatedly.”
It was when Eletu was fleeing from the scene of the accident that he was nabbed by a suspicious resident who saw blood stains on his clothes.
In her words, Blessing Omoyemi, the younger sister of the victim lamented that her brother would not have died if he was rescued on time.
The aggrieved sibling said: “Nobody was ready to assist him to the hospital. A man had to throw himself in front of a commercial bus and asked the passengers to disembark, before he could get help.
Eletu, the conductor who murdered the late web designer.
“He was rushed to LUTH, but they were turned back at the gate by a doctor who pronounced him dead on arrival around 12am.
“People started beating the conductor and almost killed him before he was rescued and taken to the Aguda Police Division.”
His girlfriend, Temiloluwa Ogundayo, informed said Babatunde informed her to prepare for their engagement and that she was not aware that he had been killed until the early hours of Sunday.
“We have dated for over one year and he told me to meet my sister to ask for the requirement for our engagement. He said we would go there on Monday.
“On that Saturday morning before he went to work, we made love. He called me around 5pm to prepare food for him that he would soon be home. I had done everything and was waiting for him in the house till 11pm when I drifted off into sleep.
“Around 1am, he came in and slept beside me. He rubbed my head with his hand and I asked him if he had eaten his food, but he said I should not bother, that he was fine.
“I went back to sleep and it was around 6am that somebody called me and asked if I knew he was dead. I jumped up and looked around the bathroom and kitchen to know if he was there, but I couldn’t find him,” she cried out.
Eletu also explained his side to the story, saying: “I am also a driver and I had parked my bus at about 7pm when I saw a co-driver who offered to take me home.
“It was along the way that he decided to pick passengers and there were eight of them in the bus.
“I collected money from seven of them, but he refused to pay and said he knew me on the street.
“It was at the bus stop that he broke a bottle and stabbed me in the forehead and cheek. I also got the same bottle, but unfortunately I stabbed him in the neck and he died.”
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