Another Gruesome Killing in Lagos by the Crocodile Soldiers

20th October, 2017

PRESS RELEASE

CROCODILE CRY II:
ANOTHER GRUESOME KILLING IN LAGOS STATE/ SOUTH WEST...

Gentlemen of the press

On behalf of the entire members and good people of block village, around Marwa area of Lagos state, along
Maroko police station do hereby express our pains and agony over the intentional killing of
MR. SODIQ ISMAILA ON TUESDAY, 17TH OCTOBER, 2017 AT ABOUT 1.15PM
AGE 20 YEARS FROM ONA-ARA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN IBADAN,
OYO STATE who was murdered by men of Nigeria Army code named “CROCODILE
SMILE 2” attached to the Epe Army Barracks, Lagos State led by their Commanding Officer:
Major Ibrahim Maja and his boys without any records of criminality on the dead victim nor iota of provocation or any necessity for security
red alert of the area as black spot or challenge, killed the innocent boy and left with his body
in their armored vehicle in order to cover up their arrant brutality, atrocities and shameful conducts.

This deadly invasion occurred during their show of strength leaving behind tears, sorrows and
blood of many innocent souls including Paul Abudu, Hamed Afolabi and others.

I must emphatically state that the said victim Mr. Sodiq Ismaila was shot in the head and his
body was asked to be carried by Musa Muhammed, Adamu Dandi and other two arrested injured victims into their
armoured vehicles and fled the scene, information reaching us is that they killed two other
unidentified arrested persons from the block village on their way to Epe Barracks.

it must be
noticed that the army came into the area ion Sunday 15th October, 2017 around 10:00pm
where they arrested 75 innocent men and women and took them to their barracks to serve
several punishments: sleeping on an open field overnight and cutting of grasses without
justification of offence committed and they were transferred to the lagos state taskforce team
and all of them are now serving at Badagry prison remand.

We laconically dispel the lies been posited by the 81 division army spokes man LFT. COL.
Olaolu Dauda who said they acted on creditable information to kill their target one Mr.
'Ahmed Sodiq A.k.a Bambi' who is clearly different from the victim that was killed Mr. Sodiq
Ismail an innocent boy who is an apprentice of tailoring looking for daily food and money for his freedom slated for Saturday 21st October, 2017 back in Ibadan only to be killed at his place of work where he was molding blocks
without any traces of criminal records till date.

This brings us to the question, when did the army assume police duty of civil investigation and prosecution?, nor was crocodile smile 2 meant to destabilise south west?

We demand for the release of his body and independent forensic investigation into the murder
by the Lagos State Government and setting up of the court marshal to try and prosecute all the
culpable soldiers.

We are using this medium to seek from the Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to clarify the serving of the five days demolition notice on the said people of block village
and the entire area is not a conspiracy and predetermined agenda by their army invasion from
Epe barracks where he hails from to do the hatchet jobs rather than soldiers from near by Bonny
cantonment, based on similar previous Olokonla demolition of 16th December, 2016.

Hence we demand for full investigation and justice as well as the immediate unconditional release of the remaining 67 persons arrested and remanded at the Badagry prison.

This shall set a precedence for justice in Yoruba Land and Nigeria as a whole.

We have emphatically spoken...

Aremo Oladotun Hassan, Esq.
President, Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide/Yoruba Youth Leaders Forum.
Principal Partner, Juryman Associates/ASST Secretary NBA Epe Branch.
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