Ever
since the video was made public, a few people have been working behind the
scenes to find the men who did this. Therefore, some sort of update has
appeared.
The
breakthrough has been achieved with the involvement of the Chairman of Ejigbo
Local Council of Lagos. He's worked his socks off on this case since some
people got in touch with him.
Read
the response below. Probably this new details will put up some pressure on the
Lagos State Govt and the Lagos State Police to speed up investigations.
Kehinde
Bamigbetan:
I promised an update in 24 hours: This incident
took place in the central market, Iyana Ejigbo, Ejigbo LCDA in February 2013.
The pepper sellers normally leave their goods in their stalls. They returned
the next day to discover that their goods were being stolen. They reported this
to the vigilante they hired to secure the market. About 6am, the two women were
allegedly caught stealing pepper. They were a wife and her step-daughter. They
lived near the market with the husband. The husband is said to be a wine
tapper. After the barbaric torture, both confessed to stealing the pepper and
were let go. However, a few members of the vigilante feared that the case may
spread. And informed the leadership of the vigilante group. Those involved were
allegedly penalized and the gang disbanded. The scene was then converted to
shops and rented out. I have reviewed these with the DPO and both of us are
bothered by the impact of the time lag of over nine months on investigation.
This may also explain the initial denials by the stakeholders. We are working
on getting the wine tapper to trace his wife and daughter involved. If he has
not relocated from Ejigbo, then we have a good chance of retrieving information
and tracking the story.

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