An executive member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the Jibowu area of Lagos state, Kunle Oshineye has been arrested by the Anti-Robbery Squad of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lagos State Police Command, for alleged murder.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, SP Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the arrest on Thursday, said Oshineye aka Eyin Bouncing, who allegedly belonged to the Eiye Confraternity, was arrested at a party last Friday for his alleged involvement in the murder of two men in Akoka, Bariga.
Badmos said investigations were ongoing and all the culprits would be charged to court subsequently.
The suspect was among those who reportedly killed one Daniel and Abiye on January 22, 2016.
Daniel and Abiye were said to be members of the Aiye Confraternity, a rival group and their deaths had led to the killing of a 63-year-old businesswoman, Mrs. Adejoke Adefuye on Oshinfolarin Street, Bariga, a day later.
A police source disclosed to The Punch that “After the arrest of the first set of eight suspects, we continued our investigations and combed the Fadeyi, Somolu and Bariga areas, where most of the suspects have their base.
“We got a tip-off on Oshineye as one of the henchmen, and he was arrested. Following his arrest, he confessed to be an Eiye member and said it was a prerequisite to becoming a member of the NURTW in his area.
“He said you are either an Aiye or an Eiye member to be part of the NURTW.
“He confessed to be among the cult members that were involved in the killing of Daniel and Abiye and has been assisting with investigations,” the police source added.
The suspect, on his part, said he was not a cultist and did not kill anyone.
He said, “I only lied against myself to avoid police harassment,” Oshineye said, admitting that he was nick-named Eyin Bouncing, an alias he got because his mum sold eggs.
“People call me Eyin Bouncing because my mum sells eggs and that is all about the name. I am not a cult member and I didn’t kill anybody.
“I am the Organising Officer of the NURTW, Jibowu branch. I dropped out of secondary school because I had to start fending for myself. I am married with two kids.
“I was at a friend’s party last Friday and had gone out to make a call when the police came to arrest me. I was taken to my house on Adekoga Street in Somolu for searching.
“I lied against myself because I didn’t want to be harassed. Please help me appeal to them to release me,” he pleaded.
A friend of the suspect, who was equally interrogated by the police, said he stopped associating with him after he tried to initiate him to cultism.
According to him, “We were friends and I knew him to be a member of the NURTW. I was a tricycle driver and one day, he invited me for a party.
“At the party, they suddenly descended on me and started beating me. I suffered a lot of injuries and almost died, but I survived it. They said it was an initiation and that I had become a member of the confraternity.
“But after that experience that day, I fled. I am not a cult member and I have my job that I do,” the unidentified friend said.
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