REVEALED: TRUE STORY Of How A Man Was Brutally Stabbed To Death By Military Officers In A Viewing Centre

Adebola Omowale,the 40-year-old man that
was allegedly stabbed to death, last
weekend, by some military officers in a
viewing centre around Lekki beach area in
Lagos state could have survived if he had
received urgent medical attention after the
incident.
In fact, it was revealed that the injured man
walked to a nearby hospital, clutching his
intestines in his hands only to be told by
nurses that he would not be treated unless he
produced a police report. Crime Alert learnt
that after several pleas for him to receive, at
least, first aid treatment pending when
sympathizers who came to the hospital with
him will bring the report, the badly injured
man reclined to fate and laid on a pavement
helplessly, waiting for succour.
The late Adebola's younger brother, Rotimi
said that much when he spoke with Crime
Alert. "On Saturday at about 10pm, I was at
home when a neighbour came to inform me
that someone called and told him that my
elder brother was stabbed and was at Ife-
Oluwa hospital. I called my other brothers and
we all rushed to the hospital where we met
Adebola lying in front of the hospital,
clutching onto his intestine that had bulged
out. On seeing me, I noticed he regained some
strength. Then I rushed into the hospital and
asked the nurses why he was not attended to?
Police report
As we were at that, I figured out they had
requested and were apparently waiting for a
Police report before they could commence
treatment. Just then a Police man arrived with
a report and the hospital management
requested we carried him in for treatment. As
we made to carry him in, Adebola said no
body should touch him, that he could walk on
his own to the hospital bed, and he did just
that. He carefully lifted him self, clutching
onto his stomach, he walked slowly to the bed
and laid on it, before the initial treatment
commenced.
"I went to Jakande Police Station and reported
the case. The DCO was around when I got
there and she was angry about the incident
because she knew Adebola in person, as a
matter of fact, he was very popular in this
estate. She sent some Police officers to
accompany me to the crime scene along Lekki
beach road. I want to state here that such
incidents have been happening at that joint
and when such things happen, people there
would see it but would be scared to report the
incidents to the Police. It was at the crime
scene we heard that the man who stabbed my
brother was a military man.
"The owner of that particular bar engaged the
service of military officers to intimidate
people in the area, that is why they can not
talk. When that incident was happening, some
other people were there, but nobody could
talk because they knew when the case was
settled, the soldiers would come back for
them. We also learnt that after he was
stabbed, Adebola walked all the way to the
hospital, clutching onto his stomach.
The distance was like from Jakande to Chisco
bus-stop, and because he was breathing as he
walked, his intestine got swollen. It was
passersby who saw him, that called our
neighbour on phone, and he in turn came to
the house and informed us.Back at the
hospital, the doctor told us that he would be
transferred to the General hospital at Marina
as soon as possible, because the hospital could
not afford to keep him for long, owing to the
magnitude of the injury.
"Since my car could not start, I called one of
our family friends and explained the situation
to him, he rushed to Ife - Oluwa hospital
around 12am and we took Adebola to the
General hospital at Marina in his car. On
getting to the Emergency Unit of the hospital
at about 1am, I had to run around for the
routine procedures of getting him a card and
other required payments.
After that, the doctor on duty came and
examined him, he asked us if he was still alive,
we answered in the affirmative. The doctor
talked to him, he responded. Then we were
ordered to carry him inside the ward, again
my brother said no body should touch him,
that he could walk to the ward, he gently lifted
him self, got up, walked slowly into the ward
and laid on the bed.
The doctor wrote out some drugs that we
should buy, I embarked on another round of
running around, making payments, getting a
receipt and going back to get the drugs; I was
given 10 packs of drip with the drugs, which I
took back to the ward. It was after this that
they commenced treatments on Adebola. The
doctor also told us that we need to get some
pints of blood, but that would be as later on.
"I left the hospital at about 1:30am with Papa,
after he dropped the sum of N5,000 in
respect to purchasing some blood if the need
arises, while one of my brothers stayed
behind. I was so exhausted, that I slept off as
soon as I got home and didn't hear when my
phone rang repeatedly. Around 5:30 - 6am, I
woke up to answer to a knock at the door and
was a bit confused when I saw the brother
whom we left to be with Adebola at the
hospital, he told me they called my number a
couple of times but there was no response,
hence he had to rush home. He said our
brother Adebola gave up the fight to survive
around 5:30am," he stated.