3 victims identified, 'Keke' riders demand justice

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January 28, 2016 11:30 AM

“We are grieved so much over this colossal loss and that is why we are here to commiserate with the Hausa community in Enugu."

Dead bodies discovered in church building foundation

Members of the Tricycle Riders’ Association, popularly known as “Keke Riders,” in Enugu have reportedly identified three of the victim among the corpses found in the foundation of a church building in the Ugwuaji Area, Vanguard reports.

The Keke operators gave the names of the victims as Babangida Sale, Ashahabu Dauda both from Kano State and Ismahil Abdulahi from Bauchi State.

Chairman of Tricycle Riders Union, Benjamin Ejiofor while lamenting the killings, said, 'our members are rendering very important service to the society and it is so bad that the same people we are serving should turn back to treat us this way.

“We are grieved so much over this colossal loss and that is why we are here to commiserate with the Hausa community in Enugu.

“At this moment, our plea to security agents is that this evil should not go un-punished.

“We cannot categorically say whether they were killed for ritual or not, because even their tricycles have not been found; so, we are leaving that aspect for security agents.”

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He added that Keke riders in the area should desist from picking up passengers for 'drop' and taking them to isolated areas.

Civil Liberty Organization, CLO has also charged security authorities to find those responsible for the despicable acts.

In an interview with Vanguard, CLO governing board, Mr. Danjuma Gambo said, "we are now living in fear especially most of us that patronize Keke operators. The security agencies should rise to the occasion and apprehend the owner of the suspected Church building where the incident occurred. Our investigation from Ugwuaji community showed that it is a communal land that was sold to prospective buyers by members of the community who were beneficiaries.

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“We are demanding concrete action from security agencies to unearth the owner of the said property. The victims were allegedly macheted before they were buried in the building foundation. The corpses were buried inside the foundation of the building suspected to be a church under construction and totally covered with concrete.”

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