Man murdered in festac few days ago after winning huge amount of money on lottery

PUNCH Metro reports that the victim, who lived on 21 Road, K
Close, FESTAC, was stabbed to death after winning a lot of
money from a lottery.
Onyejekwe, to celebrate the winning, bought drinks for his
friends and threw a party last Thursday and Friday.
It was learnt that on Friday evening, he was heard arguing with
an unidentified person on the phone.
He allegedly told his friend he was going to see the man, but
never returned.
His corpse was allegedly discovered the next day on one of
the estates.
A resident, who did not want to be identified, said the
chairman of the estate called the attention of residents to the
corpse on Saturday.
He said,
“I was sipping tea around 7am when I heard the chairman
blowing a whistle. I thought it was strange, but my wife called
my attention to the surging crowd on the estate.
“I went downstairs and saw the corpse on the road. Like
everybody, I was alarmed. We could not tell how the corpse
got there or who he was. He had multiple stab injuries in the
head. We all resolved that the case should be reported at the
FESTAC Police Station.”
It was learnt that some of the victim’s friends later identified
him.
The corpse was said to have been deposited in a morgue,
while the police arrested and detained the chairman of the
estate and his secretary; they were later released.
A source told PUNCH Metro that the victim won a lottery few
days to his death.
He said,
“The man won a lot of money in a lottery and from last
Thursday to Friday, he was asking his friends to drink at his
expense.
“He was called on the phone that Friday evening and he went
to meet a man. I suspect that a gang stabbed him and used an
object to hit him in the head. There were bruises on his knees
and it appeared they dragged him on the floor as well.
“When the police were removing his corpse, blood was
dripping from his mouth and nostrils. He was murdered in cold
blood.”
A friend of the victim, who did not identify himself, said his
relative had visited the community.
“I can’t say why he was killed. Nobody knows. He just returned
from a visit to the village,” he added.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
confirmed the incident, adding that the case had been
transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department, Yaba.
She added that the police had already arrested two suspects
in connection with the death.
She said,
“The chairman of one of the estates reported that at about
7am, he woke up and saw the victim lying lifeless with injuries
on his head and body. The corpse was deposited at the Isolo
General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy. Two suspects,
Suleiman Ahmed and Ibrahim Yusuf, were arrested and the
case transferred to the SCIID for further investigation.”