Lover boy murdered by his girlfriend father

Godwin Elewana,a man in his fourties has been alleged of killing a
22-year-old lover boy, Douglas Ojugbo, for secretly having an affair
with his daughter.
The residents of the area said the suspect, who lives in the Cross
River Basin Development Authority, Eight Miles area of Calabar, Cross
River State, had warned Douglas to stop coming to his house to see his
daughter.
Elewena could no longer hold his anger on March 10 when he pursued
the boy from his house and allegedly shot him to death.
It was learnt that Elewana first shot Douglas in the arm, and later
gave him another shot in the leg.
Some neighbours said that the suspect bundled the lover boy into his
car and drove him to the Federal Housing Police Station. It was learnt
that the youth died on the way to the station.
Some of the residents of the area said policemen at the station
allegedly hastened Douglas' burial at the Goldie Cemetery to cover up
the crime. But the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the station,
Mr. Mike Ezenwenrem, said the allegation was false.
A resident of the area, who spoke to firstclass newsline on the
condition of anonymity, said, "The girl's father had cautioned the
victim not to come near the daughter again, but the two of them
ignored the warning. I think that was why the man decided to take that
horrible action.
" That fateful day, we saw the man running after the lover boy. When
the man caught up with him around the basin authority gate, he shot
him. After shooting him, he dragged him into his car and drove off."
Firstclass newsline learnt that the parents of the deceased got the
information about their son two days later and immediately went to the
Federal Housing Police Station.
It was learnt that on getting to the police station, the bereaved
parents were told that their son was dead and had been buried without
their consent.
Firstclass newsline learnt that It was alleged that the DPO coerced
the father into signing an undertaking not make any complaint to any
authority whatsoever.
The angry and sad father, Mr. Augustine Ojugbo, who is also a lawyer
with Kanu G. Agabi & Associates, said he had ignored the DPO and had
petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 6, Calabar,
and the National Human Rights Commission to investigate the cause of
his son's death and bring those who killed him to justice. The
father's petition, Ojugbo said his son was not having any romantic
relationship with Elewana's daughter.
The father said that Douglas had sold his mini laptop to Elewana's
daughter, who made part payment, adding that it was the balance the
son went to collect when he met his untimely death.
The father , "My son is 22 years old. Sometime this year, he sold his
mini laptop to the daughter of Mr. Elewana Godwin. Elewana's daughter
name is unknown to me at the moment. But she made a part payment of
the agreed sum, leaving the balance.
In a bid to collect or recover the balance of his money, had been
visiting the lady at home and he ran into Elewana on his previous
visits. Elewana, not pleased with the boy's presence, demanded to know
what he was doing in his house. My son explained to Elewana of his
transaction with his daughter. Elewana, without any effort to verify
the boy's story, asked him to leave his house and warned him never to
visit his house again.
It was when my son was about leaving when Elewana's daughter cornered
him and asked him to come on March 10 to collect the balance of his
money. On that faithful day, my son went to Elewana's house, hoping to
see the daughter as agreed, but unfortunately he saw Mr. Elewana.
"The said girlfriend father, upon seeing Douglas, ran into his room
and fetched his gun. My son took to his heels to save his life.,
Elewana pursued him until he caught up with him at the gate of Basin
Authority, and gave him the first shot on my son on the leg as a
result of which Douglas fell down. To accomplish his goal, Elewana
shot him the second time on the arm.
"Elewana still bundled Douglas into his car and took him to the
Divisional Police Officer of the Federal Housing Police station. The
DPO conspired with Elewana to get rid of Douglas' corpse."
The victim's mother, who is a Director in the Department of Fishery,
Ministry of Agriculture, corroborated her husband's claim when she
said the family did not know about the death until March 12 when his
body was exhumed from a grave in Goldie Cemetery."
The DPO said he had no idea of who Elewana was until the corpse of
Douglas was brought to his station as an unidentified suspected armed
robber.
Ezenwenrem who spoke to one of firstlass newsline crew member said
that Douglas was brought in by the station's patrol team that got a
distress call.
The DPO said, "I got a call from one of my patrol officers, who said
an armed robbery suspect was being brought in. I called the control
unit, informing them that a suspect was apprehended at the Basin
Authority area. When the patrol came, I saw somebody at the back of
the pickup and they brought him down.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the men that brought him alleged that
an angry mob nabbed the robber. Elewana was there with the mob. He
(Elewana) said he was in his compound, when he heard his dog barking
and that when he checked, he saw someone rushing out from the sitting
room of the other flat.
"Firstclass newsline gathered that (Douglas) threatened him with the
machete he was holding, but he (Elewana) said he retreated to his flat
and brought out his double-barrelled gun and shot the suspect. He said
after the shooting, the suspect still managed to scale the fence, but
the people around pursued him, brought him down and beat him up.
"When I decided to know the victim's family but nobody knews,so i told
my men to take the statement from Elewana who acted in self-defence.
The corpse was unidentified and besides I could not raise N35,000 to
take him to the mortuary, so I called health workers in the state to
take him away.
"I have no idea about this issue of girlfriend and boyfriend. The man
said the boy came to rob in one of his flats and later threatened him.
So, it was a case of robbery.
" The police should not be questioned,instead they should face the
man who shot him. The man is not on the run."
Firstclass newsline crew questioned why the police buried the corpse
in a hurry, the DPO said, "Where do you expect me to keep the corpse
when I did not have the financial power to send the body to mortuary?
"The DPO lamented that we have health authority that could be called
upon anytime to dispose unidentified corpse.
The only fault that could have faulted me is if someone had come to
identify the corpse and I still went to the health authority to bury
the corpse. We normally call them to come and dispose corpses,
especially unidentified ones. At every point in this whole issue, I
communicated with the Commissioner of Police and also sent signals. I
did not follow the health authorities to where they took the corpse
to.."
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Hogan Bassey, barrd comment
on the matter.
It was learnt that the Zone Six police command had started
investigation on the matter by arresting the victim killer.
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