A 69-year-old woman has described to PM news how she
lost her husband and gradually buried her 6 children in the ensuing 4
years.
The widow, Alice Ashodu Peter, also revealed that her
last surviving son, Eyitayomioluwa Peter, popularly called Abuna, was shot dead last week in Agege during a political scuffle.
Eyitayomioluwa, 40, was a well known member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege before his untimely death.
Some alleged that he was shot from the roof of a hotel in the area,
while others claimed that he was shot by the police who were trying to
restore order during a fracas between supporters of the Peoples
Democratic Party and the APC, at a centre designated for the collection
of permanent voter cards.
Both parties and the police have denied any involvement in his death.
Mrs Peter called on the police and the Lagos State government to investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to justice.
She said she was making the appeal because the police appeared to have abandoned the investigation into his death.
Also calling for an investigation into Abuna’s death, the Campaign for Constitutionalism and Human Rights and the Agege Community Movement, in conjunction with the family, appealed to the police to arrest and prosecute the culprits.
The late Eyitayomioluwa Peter left two wives, Mary and Kafayat, and four children aged between two and four years.
The deceased will be buried on January 29, according to family sources. Mrs Peter told PM NEWS that she had hoped the deceased would take care of her in her old age.
She described how death strode into her family in 2011 when her eldest daughter returned from the United Kingdom to take her younger sister abroad. She said the two of them died mysteriously in their family house at 3, Olajumoke Street, School Bus Stop, Iba, Lagos.
As if that was not enough, one of her sons and her daughter died last November, while another daughter died in December 2014.
She said her last surviving son, Eyitayomioluwa, died last week from a gun shot by an unidentified gunman.
Recently, four siblings perished in a fire at Umuele Umudim, Nnewi, Anambra State, on December 25. The victims, all girls, were between two and six years old.
Widow Alice Peter buried 6 children in 4 years
last surviving son, Eyitayomioluwa Peter, popularly called Abuna, was shot dead last week in Agege during a political scuffle.
Eyitayomioluwa, 40, was a well known member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Agege before his untimely death.
Late Peter Eyitayomioluwa shot last week in Agege
Both parties and the police have denied any involvement in his death.
Mrs Peter called on the police and the Lagos State government to investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to justice.
She said she was making the appeal because the police appeared to have abandoned the investigation into his death.
Also calling for an investigation into Abuna’s death, the Campaign for Constitutionalism and Human Rights and the Agege Community Movement, in conjunction with the family, appealed to the police to arrest and prosecute the culprits.
The late Eyitayomioluwa Peter left two wives, Mary and Kafayat, and four children aged between two and four years.
The deceased will be buried on January 29, according to family sources. Mrs Peter told PM NEWS that she had hoped the deceased would take care of her in her old age.
She described how death strode into her family in 2011 when her eldest daughter returned from the United Kingdom to take her younger sister abroad. She said the two of them died mysteriously in their family house at 3, Olajumoke Street, School Bus Stop, Iba, Lagos.
As if that was not enough, one of her sons and her daughter died last November, while another daughter died in December 2014.
She said her last surviving son, Eyitayomioluwa, died last week from a gun shot by an unidentified gunman.
Recently, four siblings perished in a fire at Umuele Umudim, Nnewi, Anambra State, on December 25. The victims, all girls, were between two and six years old.
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