Alighting from an SUV, four young men with a well-orchestrated plan to spill blood marched out in Surulere part of Lagos.
They cleverly packed their SUV in an adjoining street, very close to where their target was and the group split into two.
While the rest took control of other unforeseen circumstances, two armed men took a pathway that led to a local joint where residents of the area and men of all shades frequent for traditional mixture of Kovic tonic as soon as they approached the joint, they saw their target in the midst of friends and others numbering about fifteen.
The armed men quickly re-adjusted their masks and headed towards them. The crowd, on seeing the ferocious movement of the armed men, took to their heels and disappeared in different directions.
That day, Muyiwa Babafumilayo Opaleye who will be 41 this September was just relaxing with his friends and well-wishers when the unthinkable happened.
We gathered that Opa, as Muyiwa was popularly called, is the last born in the noble family of one time military administrator of Ondo state, Retd Brigadier General Opaleye
The deafening bang of a gun was heard and Muyiwa fell flat on the ground. His killers came closer to ensure that their target was hit before disappearing from the scene.
The above ugly scenario played out, last Wednesday, in a local joint popularly called ‘Ify Joint’ at Adekunle Kuye, off Ikate street, Aguda in Surulere, Lagos.
When the bewildered crowd which included a close relation to one-time Governor of Lagos state and presently, a serving Minister, saw the menacing demeanour of the armed men, they scampered for safety in different directions.
All his friends ran for safety to their respective homes but one of them called Kunle, whom he earlier came to the joint with in his (Muyiwa’s car, a Honda City Sedan), turned back and compassionately rushed to save him.
Kunle quickly bundled his body in a pool of blood to the car and rushed to Agbonyi hospital in Aguda, where, unfortunately, doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
It was gathered that the police at Soloki station, Aguda were invited and Kunle was interrogated and made to write a statement while Muyiwa’s body was taken to a morgue.
Unfortunately, Kunle who made spirited efforts to save his friend was clamped into detention while the case was transfered to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba for further investigation.
Opa was working with a sporting outfit called City Sports and he lives at Ajose Adeogun street in Victoria Island. He reportedly frequents Surulere where he has a lot of friends and admirers.
