Ogun-Based Mother Tortures Teenage Son to Death Over Theft Allegations
19-year-old Rilwanu Akintunde was beaten, handcuffed and locked inside a room filled with tear gas for allegedly stealing N90,000 which belonged to his mother.
Those who allegedly tortured him include: his mother, Mrs. Akintunde, her brother Kayode and a policeman identified as Titus.
Rilwanu, simply known as ‘Rado‘ was said to have refuted the allegations but his attackers didn’t believe him. After over six hours of torture the teenager passed out and was rushed to Richland Hospital, Arepo, where he died. The suspect secretly buried him at his mother’s site at Sotel.
Investigation into the matter revealed that the money was later found in his mother’s closet. The youths in the neighbourhood became violent and started destroying properties of one of the suspects, Kayode. They were seen writing these words on several walls.
“Rado was a good son born by a stupid mother”
The Nation visited the Ogun community on Tuesday and learnt that Titus and Kayode were on the run. The deceased’s mother and Kayode’s wife were arrested by policemen from Ibafo Division, who equally visited the place on Tuesday.
According to residents, Rilwanu’s killers probably had an ulterior motive for their action because the teenager was neither a thief nor troublesome.
The deceased’s wife, Damilola Owoigbe, who had their eight-month-old son on her arms demanded justice against her husband’s killers. She said:
“I want all those responsible for my husband’s death to be arrested and jailed for life. They killed him for nothing. Rado was never a thief. Everyone in Ibafo loves him. He was a peaceful person. He was an apprentice at a tailoring shop because he wanted to make life better for us and for his two siblings.
Their father is dead. Their mother sells bottled water in traffic. She was the one who went and told her brother on Sunday morning that Rilwanu stole her N 90, 000. Then her brother Kayode, sent his wife to call his police friend, Titus and they all tortured him to death.
I was not there. I was in my mother’s house. But I was told that the policeman brought handcuffs and teargas, which they used on him. I was also told that blood was all over his body. Now, I am confused because I don’t know who would take care of our son.”
Abimbola Oyeyemi, a spokesperson for the Ogun state police command confirmed the incident, but said he was unaware if Titus was a police officer. He disclosed:
“The information I got is that the woman, the boy’s stepfather and his friend tortured him to death. They said the woman complained that her N90,000 was missing and she accused her son. Then, she told the boy’s stepfather, who sent his wife to contact a friend of his. They all tortured the boy to death and secretly buried him. The woman later saw the money
At the moment, the two men involved are on the run but the women have been arrested. They have been transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID).
The Police Commissioner Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the fleeing suspects be arrested. I am not aware that one of them is a policeman. But be assured that they will be fished out and dealt in accordance with the law.”
Hmmmmnnmmnmmnnnn
Is she a mother at all?
She is too evil
How can a mother do this to her son? Just because of ordinary 90k which was later found. I wonder how she sleeps at night. May his soul RIP. Amen.
This is heart wrenching, what is going on in this world lately?
Oh Lord, what a stupid woman, inviting pple to torture ur own child, will they have done that to their own kids?
Let them all face the music
see how they wasted his life, may his soul RIP
She is evil
sad