Graphic photos: Brothers kill brother over their father's house: Three brothers in Satellite Town, Fatia, Sakiru and Tunji Osun, have killed their brother, Yusuf, over the house that their father left
when he died. According to witnesses, their father willed the house to
Yusuf, who wasn't the eldest, but the eldest, Fatia decided to sell the
house for N15m, take N10m and give his brothers N5m to share. Yusuf did
not agree, and the rest, is history.
TelegraphNG reports
Three brothers have been arrested by the police in connection
with the murder of their blood brother. Fatia Osun (31), Sakiru Osun
(20) and their step-brother, Tunji (34), were accused of killing Yusuf
Osun (27) over N15 million which was to be realized from the sale of a house left behind by their late father.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 27, at Kano street in Mobile Estate, Satellite Town, Lagos and left
residents of the estate and its environs jittery.
Body of late Yusuf Osun
Fatia Osun, who is a Muslim cleric and is popularly known and
referred to as an “Alfa”, is alleged to have connived with his younger
brother Sakiru, to kill Yusuf so that they would share the entire
amount. The late Yusuf Osun was strangled with a 2.5mm wire by Fatia
while his other brothers stabbed him.
After the murder, the half brother
of the perpetrators and the deceased, Tunji, sent a text message to a
neighbor, telling him that Yusuf had passed away. He informed the neighbor that Yusuf had gotten drunk, slipped in the bathroom and hit
his head.
However, his story was suspect because Yusuf was a known teetotaller
,
and suspicious neighbours came to the house and found Yusuf’s body
with all the wounds. They alleged that Tunji assisted his brothers in
moving Yusuf’s body to the bathroom and cleaning out the sitting room,
where the incident had occurred.
At this point, the crowd turned
into a mob, and beat up the brothers before informing the police who
promptly arrested the brothers.
The genesis
According to neighbours, their late father had willed the house to
Yusuf because of long lasting disagreements that he had with Fatia, the
eldest over his lifestyle. But, said neighbours also claimed that the
men’s father failed to leave a written will behind.
After the death of their parents, Alfa proposed the sale of the house
to his brothers but the late Yusuf objected to the sale of the property
which was valued at
N15 million. Yusuf instead suggested
that they rent the house out and move to the boys-quarters because to
him, the house was their only hope for long term survival.
His refusal led to a disagreement between with his brothers, which
resulted in a bloody fight. It was alleged that in that fighting, his
brother, Fatia, stabbed him six times. Yusuf however survived this fight
and was admitted to hospital where he recovered after spending almost 3
weeks.
Upon his release from the hospital,
Yusuf apparently accepted to sell the house and divide the money as his
brothers wanted, so the house was put up for sale. Eventually, a buyer showed interest and offered
N15 million.
Upon reaching an agreement with the prospective buyer, the eldest, Fatia, informed his brothers that he was entitled to
N10 million of the money, while they would have to make do with N5 million amongst themselves.
N1,000 to go out since he wasn’t comfortable sleeping in their home.
Neighbours react
When a TelegraphNG correspondent visited the neighbourhood, the residents were all still in shock.
A neighbour who pleaded anonymity, said he was surprised that Alfa
could carry out such a dastardly act adding that she never imagined that
such a thing will happen in their estate.
“That means, his going to mosque and the whole Alfa thing is all
camouflage, we all need to be wary about people around us, how can
someone be so inhuman and callous to kill another person not to talk of
killing his own brother over worldly things”.
A neighbour, Yinka Adewale, said one of the accused and the most
senior (Fatia) was also responsible for the death of their late father.
“His plan was to sell the house long time ago, the death of his
brother is not surprising to me because his father died mysteriously, so
did his mother. He was taking out all those that seemed like a
stumbling block to him,” Yinka said.
“Something of this nature has never happened nor heard of within this
vicinity, Mobile Estate is a peace place to live. Its a sad event, I
don’t even want to talk about it again. Its just so painful” another
resident lament.
Confession
During interrogation, Sakiru, one of the accused who is also the
youngest in the family, said his elder brother promised to send him
abroad so he can have a good life if he took part in eliminating their
brother, Yusuf.
Investigations are currently ongoing at the Area E command Police
station, Lagos and will be transferred to the Panti police station Yaba
for further investigation.
