The family of Mr. Lukmon Olowu, who was found dead inside his
Toyota Corolla car on Sunday, yesterday, said there was no way he could
be the lover of the lady found dead with him. Lukmon, 39, married with
two kids, was a licensing agent.
According to the family, Lukmon couldn’t have been making love to the woman, identified as Promise, inside his car.
Promise was said to be from Cross River State, while her husband, Clement, a commercial bus driver, is from Edo State.
She
had a child for Clement. Lukmon’s family members, who gathered
yesterday at their family house at 56, Shonola Street, Ogba, Lagos, said
their son was murdered.
Contrarily to earlier stories that
Promise and Lukmon lived in the same compound, New Telegraph’s visit
yesterday to Ogba proved that Promise lived at 48, Shonola Street, while
Lukmon lived at Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State. Lukmon’s younger
brother, Idris Olowu, said Lukmon was not into any relationship with
Promise.
Idris said: “ On Saturday evening, Lukmon and about six
of his friends, went to a birthday party at Obawole, Iju area. After the
party, Lukmon used his car to drive many of his friends to their
residences, including Promise.
She also attended the birthday.
Promise later called and pleaded with Lukmon to take her to her friend’s
place around Excellence Hotel, located at Ogba. We understand that she
called her husband, telling him that she would spend the night at her
friend’s place, before she called and asked Lukmon to drive her there.
“The
next thing we heard was that police called us that our brother was
dead, that they had found Promise and Lukmon dead inside his car. We
heard they were found Unclad. We all went to the police station to
confirm the information.
Before the police drove the car to the
station, they took pictures of their dead bodies. We saw a picture of
our brother, Unclad and his two legs raised and placed on the dashboard.
While the dead woman was half Unclad; she was sitting beside him at the
front seat.
Her head rested lifelessly on the car seat headrest.
“I can swear with my life, that my brother didn’t have anything to do
with Promise. He was a responsible man, married with children. He didn’t
take alcohol.
I learnt that woman was dating a guy called Femi,
Promise’s husband, Clement, had warned the guy several times to stay
away from his wife. Even, when the incident happened, the same Femi came
to tell us that the trap was meant for him.” Idris further disclosed
that Promise lived close to a beer parlour.
It was alleged that
many people knew the late woman. Idris further said: “ She called her
husband that night, that she would spend the night at a friend’s place.
It was not the first time Lukmon had used his car to convey Promise and
other people to different places after parties.
The woman always
goes to party with youths living in the area because she was a friendly
type.” Idris recalled that when they got to the police station on
Sunday, Promise husband, Clement, said that the dead person should have
been Femi, not Lukmon.
Idris said: “To my surprise, when we got
to Area G Police Command, Promise’s husband said that he thought it was
Femi that died. Even Femi’s phone was brought out from Promise’s handbag
by her husband.”
When our correspondent visited Promise’s house
yesterday evening, some of her neighbours said she had no job, but
frequent the beer parlour where she used to drink beer.
One of
the residents, who does not want her name mentioned, said: “The death of
the woman came to every one of us as a surprise. Promise had a child
and had a friend at the beer parlour joint. She used to stay at that
club with her friend, drinking, whenever her husband was not around. It
was at this club that some men, including the one that died with her,
met her.”
The resident further said: “There was a day I warned
her to stop going to the beer parlour because I had seen a situation
where some of the men that came to the joint, would harass women.
That
was why I warned her to stay away from the place to avoid what
eventually happened now.” When our correspondent approached Clement, who
wore a T-Shirt and brown trousers, he snapped: “ No! No! I can’t talk
for now.” He crossed to the other side of the road and disappeared.
People in the area said that the house he entered is his grandmother’s apartment. Attempts to speak with Femi failed too.
When his phone was called, he picked and when our correspondent told him the reason for calling, he cut off and switched off.
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olarinde
Famous-Cole, said that police were carrying out intensive investigations
to know the circumstances surrounding the death of the couple. He
added: “ We got to know about this incident barely 24 hours ago. We are
still investigating. We have to carry out autopsy to ascertain the cause
of their death.”