An autopsy report is being awaited by the Lagos State
Police Command to clear the air on the cause of death of an electrician, Idris
Lasisi.
Idris was
found dead in the attic of a pharmacy on Abraham Adesanya Low Cost Housing
Estate in Ajah on Monday.
The family of the deceased alleged that he was murdered, claiming that there
were bloodstains in his mouth and neck while his phone was not found.
But the
pharmacist, identified only as Bayo, claimed that the father of one was
electrocuted.
It was
gathered that Bayo was being quizzed by the police at the Ogombo division on
the circumstances surrounding the electrician’s death.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Bayo had engaged Idris to do some
electrical work at the pharmacy on Saturday.
At about
7pm, the 33-year-old was said to have called his wife on the telephone,
informing her that he was rounding off.
The wife,
Bunmi Lasisi, explained that after awaiting his return for hours, she called
his line, but it indicated that it was not reachable.
She said
she went to bed, thinking he had gone to pass the night at his elder brother’s
residence in Lakowe, Ajah.
She said,
“We visited his mother on Saturday at Owode, Ajah. He said he wanted to do a
job for Mr. Bayo and he went there from Owode. Around 7pm, he called me and
said he was about to leave the pharmacy. He asked me what he should buy for me
and I told him to buy apples.
“I waited for him till around 9pm and his line was not reachable. The following
day, I tried calling him again, but his line did not connect. He went there in
a car; so I thought he was using it for commercial purposes and believed he
would soon return home.
“I
informed his mother and she called his elder brother to know his whereabouts.
The brother said he did not see him. We called his friends; they said they
didn’t see him. It was on Monday that we traced him to the pharmacy and found
his corpse in the attic.
“He had
injuries in the neck and armpit and blood was in his mouth. The owner of the
pharmacy claimed that he was electrocuted; but he was not, he was attacked. He
used an earpiece, but we did not find his mobile phone. His car was on the
premises.”
The
deceased’s mother, Samiat, urged the police to conduct proper investigation
into the matter, saying she suspected foul play.
The elder
brother, Ramon Lasisi, explained that Bayo claimed to have invited another
electrician on Saturday to check the roof after workers at the pharmacy
complained that they did not see him (Idris).
“He said
the electrician did not see him. How did they find his corpse on Monday? If he
was electrocuted, blood would not come out of his body. The electrician has
also been arrested. My brother was probably attacked and the assailants tried
to make it look as if it was an electrocution. His phone is also missing,” he
added.
Bayo, who
spoke briefly with our correspondent on the telephone from the station,
absolved himself of any wrongdoing, saying the blood from the corpse could be
due to decomposition.
He said,
“I am at the station now. He had been working for us for about eight years. It
was when I wanted to open the shop on Monday morning that I discovered his
corpse and I informed the police immediately. He was electrocuted.”
However,
Bayo’s representative, who did not want his name in print, later gave 9JA NEWS SPY his account of what
transpired at the pharmacy from Saturday to Monday.
He said,
“On Friday, Bayo invited the man to fix an electrical fault at the store where
the incident happened. He did not come. On Saturday, he came and went to the
attic. Workers at the store did not see him come down. They looked around for
him and called Bayo when they did not see him.
“Bayo
told them to check him in the attic. The two workers are a woman and a fat man.
They could not climb up. His car was outside and he had a flat tyre. So, they
thought he was running around to fix the tyre.
“When
they wanted to close, they called Bayo again, saying they had not seen the man
and that the electrical fault had not been fixed. He told them to look for an
electrician to go up and check if the man was there. The electrician went up,
used a torch to look around, but said he did not see anybody. The store was
closed afterwards.”
The
representative explained that the shop opened the next day for operations and
closed at the normal time without the workers noticing any strange occurrence.
He added,
“By Monday when they wanted to open the shop, they noticed liquid dripping from
the ceiling and strange odour. The owner reported at the Ogombo Police Station.
In the course of decomposition, the body will swell and the skin will tear. The
body fluid will come out. That was what happened.”
The Lagos
State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, said investigation had
commenced into the incident, adding that an autopsy would be conducted on the
deceased to ascertain the cause of death.
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