‘His death is a relief’ – Mum Says Following The Death Of Her Troublesome Son

Quadri Adeshina (pictured above), said to be a Vigilante group leader in the Oke Aro area of Ogun State, has been arrested after his 23-year-old son, Yusuf Azeez, died following an accidental discharge from his gun while the deceased struggled with him to seize it. The deceased’s mother has however said his death is a relief.

Punch reports Azeez had reportedly arrived home about 6pm on Tuesday and asked for his dinner. His 42-year-old mum, Toyin Akintayo, subsequently gave him N200 to buy food. Dissatisfied, the deceased allegedly smashed a bottle on the ground and threatened to kill her. She then sneaked out of the house to invite her husband and his colleagues to prevail on him.

She said:

“I wanted to break my fast on that day with garri when he arrived at home. I said there was no kerosene in the stove to prepare food for him and his younger brother. I gave him N200 and the brother N70. He said the N200 was small and threw it at me.

I explained to him that it was all I had and that we wouldn’t have been in the situation if he did not steal the compressor of my freezer, which I used to sell ice blocks. I also advised him to find a job. He became angry and started threatening me with a knife and the shard of a bottle. He said he would not allow me to sleep at home that night and vowed to kill me.

I sneaked out to call members of a vigilance group beside our house. They followed me home and tried to pacify him. He fought them and fought for the control of  a gun that one of them carried. The gun exploded in the process and he was injured in the thigh. He died at a hospital near here.

I enrolled him in three different secondary schools, he dropped out. I took him to five different furniture experts to learn the work, he absconded. He went into barbing; I gave him N85,000 to rent a shop and furnished it for him. He didn’t go to the shop until the rent expired.

His death is a relief to me and the family. He was too troublesome. There was a time he beat up an Oodua Peoples Cogress member while we were living in Idimu (Lagos). I spent a lot of money on the man’s treatment.

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A few weeks ago, he fought in Agege. He was seriously injured. He had been arrested many times by the police for several offences.”

She added that her son’s gang members have threatened she would pay for Azeez’s death.

Speaking about the incident, his 48-year-old dad, who is detained at the Agbado Police Division, said:

“There was no light when we entered the building. He attacked us and two of my boys fled. I told him that I came to make peace. He said he didn’t fear my gun. He descended on me and wanted to snatch it. We were dragging it with each other when it exploded. I didn’t kill him. He would have killed me and his mother if he had access to the gun.”