How Man Visiting His Parents In Church Was Killed

A 22-year-old man, Tope Kadiri, who was on a visit to his parents church at Aduragbemi Street, Oworonshoki area of Lagos State has been stabbed to death.

The scene of the attack; and Kadiri (right) |photo credits: Samson Folarin

The incident happened on Wednesday morning, September 10.

The deceased, Tope Kadiri on Tuesday, a day before he was killedhad a face-off with a woman sharing the same fence with the church building, according to Punch.

Tope Kadiri was said to have asked the woman not to throw dirty water from her washing bowl into the church but she refused, he was said to have pulled down some of their clothes spread on the cloth line, which started the fight.

The woman’s children were defended their mother as they escalated the issue.

A resident in the area, who pleaded anonymity, said:  “The fight was settled amicably by the community leaders and both sides agreed to a truce.

“However, on Wednesday morning, a group of boys living in the woman’s house who were away when the incident happened decided to revisit it. They attacked Kadri and that was how confusion started.

“He was gagged and stabbed in the chest till he died.”

Following the death of the 22-year-old boy, his friends launched a revenge attack on friends of his alleged killers but for the intervention of the Oworonshoki Police Division which restored normalcy in the area, it was have ended badly.

Meanwhile a member of the Orthodox Church,  who identified himself as Isaac Adesegha, described the incident as unfortunate saying a member of the church almost died after he was also stabbed in the neck.
Adesegha said: “The boy that died was just on a visit to his parents who were staying in the church.”

Adesegha told Punch that the church had also been attacked on the night prior to the killing of Tope Kadiri.

He said efforts to stop their neighbours who they share a low fence with from throwing water into the Church compound has proved abortive.

It was learnt that the corpse of the late Kadiri had been deposited at the mortuary, while three suspects had already been arrested.