True Mother Of Slain Ekiti Anti-impeachment Protester Shows Up, Exonerates Accused Lawmaker

A new twist has been introduced in the murder of late Modupe Taiwo, who was killed on Tuesday during the violent anti-impeachment protest by supporters of Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in Efon Alaaye Local Government Area of the state, as one woman, Mrs. Deborah Akinyemi, has emerged, claiming to be mother of the deceased.<--More--!> This new twist came on the heels of the drama at the Ekiti Government House on Wednesday, where a woman, who introduced herself as Mrs. Apeke Olaya, also said was the mother of the deceased. Amid her wailing and sobbing, Mrs. Olaya had accused one Mr. Gabriel Ogundele, a member of the State House of Assembly, as the alleged killer of Taiwo. But Mrs. Akinyemi, who spoke with journalists in Efon Alaaye on Friday, said Mrs. Olaya was an aunt of the deceased and not the mother as she claimed. While exonerating the lawmaker as the alleged killer, the bereaved mother said Mrs. Olaya was a PDP member and went to the Government House where she spoke with journalists without informing the family. “I don’t know who killed my son. I don’t know; I can’t say. They were saying it was one lawmaker that killed my son, how can that be? “I last saw him (the decaesed) two days before his death. He was born in May 1982. His colleagues said he was among those protesting. “The woman that came to the Government House was just his aunt. I’m his true mother. She (Mrs. Olaya) went there without the knowledge of the family”. Mrs. Akinyemi explained that she had the deceased from her first marriage before his father was also killed during a political violence involving members of the National Party of Nigeria and Unity Party of Nigeria in 1983. “I was shocked when the woman came to tell me she had gone to claim she was the mother. She didn’t bring anything to me, but I know she is a member of the PDP. “I have not seen his corpse since then. My son is irreplaceable. There is nothing I can do as a poor widow, but I have left vengeance for God”, she added.

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