Heartbreaking! Read the Shocking Revelations of the Mother of the Twins Killed by Policeman in Lagos (Photo)

The aged mother of the twins that were brutally murdered by a drunk police officer alongside their friend is currently mourning uncontrollably and recounting the sweet promises made to her by her deceased sons.

Beatrice Oyesolu and some sympathisers behind her

 

Seventy-five-year-old Beatrice Oyesolu, the mother of twin brothers shot dead on Saturday by a trigger-happy policeman guarding Paulson Hotel on Anibaba Street, Ketu-Ikosi, Lagos, says the promises her children made to her had been shattered.

According to PUNCH, the septuagenarian said the children, Taiye, a naval officer and Kehinde, an engineer had concluded plans to start building her a house next month before the tragedy struck.

The twin brothers, aged 34, who hailed from Oro, Kwara State, were bachelors. The drunken policeman, Stephen James, had opened fire on the brothers and their friend, Jeje, who was celebrating his birthday on the fateful day. The trio had cautioned him to stop harassing customers, who reportedly declined to buy him bottles of beer.

James, said to be a drug addict and notorious for shooting sporadically, killed the twins and their friend before he shot himself dead.

 

Sympathisers thronged a house in the community, where the twins’ mother, who lived in Mile 12, was brought to. The sympathisers rallied round her as she cried uncontrollably.

She said, “I just came back from church yesterday when they broke the news of their death to me. The government should help me because Taiye and Kehinde were the only hope I have. I have been stripped unclad because they are my clothes. Who will I turn to now?

“They promised me a lot of things next year. They wanted to start building a house on my parcel of land next month. This is the seventh month after the death of their father.”

A relative, who did not want his name in print, demanded that the police should be made to compensate the mother of the deceased. He said, “Why was he given a gun when they knew he was a drunk? The police must be sued. They should also pay compensation to the mother.”

The aunt of the deceased, Mrs. Afusat Salaudeen, said the death was a big loss to the entire family.

She said, “They were very caring. They were the ones sponsoring their elder brother’s son who is in a polytechnic. That brother had been missing for 10 years now. They were easy-going persons.”