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On Wednesday 29-year-old Saheed
Badmus went to a viewing centre on Lamina Street, Egbe, Lagos State, to watch
the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Chelsea Football Club and
Atletico Madrid, little did he know that was the last match he would ever
watch.
Punch Metro learnt that the graduate of Ekiti State Polytechnic was stabbed to death by a barber identified only as Yemi, during an argument that broke out at the viewing centre.
Our correspondent, who visited the
scene on Thursday, observed a large crowd on the street talking about the
incident.
Saheed’s friends took our
correspondent to a portion of the street where spinkles of Saheed’s blood could
be seen.
They told PUNCH Metro that passions
were high at the viewing centre as most of the Chelsea fans were desperate to
see their team qualify.
It was learnt that during the match,
Saheed stood up and Yemi shouted at him and told him to sit down as he was
blocking him from viewing the match on the screen.
An elderly man was said to have
cautioned Yemi against shouting, but Yemi insulted the elderly man.
A friend to the deceased, Muyideen
Waheed, told our correspondent that an argument then ensued between the barber
and Saheed.
He said, “Yemi was shouting and one
elderly man told him to keep quiet, but he shouted the man down. Saheed then
cautioned against shouting at an elderly man. Yemi attacked him.
“The owner of the centre pushed both
Yemi and Saheed out of the place and locked them out.”
It was learnt that once they got
outside, Yemi picked up a bottle from a nearby pub and stabbed Saheed.
It was learnt that as Saheed ran for
his life, Yemi chased him and then stabbed him in the face.
Waheed told PUNCH Metro that when
some of the viewers came out, they saw the deceased’s lying in a pool of blood.
He said they rushed him to two
hospitals, but he was rejected.
He said, “There was power failure
and everywhere was dark. Most of us were inside the viewing centre, so we did
not hear Saheed scream. When we came out, we saw him lying in a pool of blood.
We rushed him to Obeeh Hospital, but he was rejected. We then took him to
Bisalam Hospital, but he was referred to Igando General Hospital.
“On getting to Igando, he was
pronounced dead.”
Residents described Yemi as a
violent man who had on several occasions attacked youths in the area.
While lifting up his shirt, Waheed
said, “You see this scar on my chest. It was a stab wound inflicted on me by
Yemi.”
Our correspondent, who visited
Saheed’s mother’s house, learnt that he was her youngest son.
The mother, Isiwatu, while weeping
profusely, said she was pained that she did not live to reap the fruit of her
labour.
“My son was a gentle man. We lived
together and he was responsible. I still saw him on Wednesday before he went to
watch the match. I struggled to send him to school and now, all is wasted. He
had no wife and child.
“Yemi has stolen my joy and I want
him arrested and sentenced to death for his crime. This was not a case of two
people fighting. It was an outright murder.”
It was learnt that after killing the
deceased, Yemi fled to his father’s home, but his father alerted the police and
he was arrested by policemen from the Ikotun Police Division.
When our correspondent visited the
police station, Yemi was seen writing his statement.
Yemi’s father, who refused to
identify himself, described his son as a troublemaker and wondered where he got
the behaviour from.
He said, “I hardly see my son.
Sometimes, I don’t see him for as long as three months. He just came to my
house last night (Wednesday), crying. He told me that he had stabbed someone at
a viewing centre.
“I reported him to the police. I
don’t know why he went to watch the match in the first place. What kind of
trouble is all this?
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