Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has been killed today, September 4, 2021.
Revealing this on a Facebook post, Sowore said his brother was killed by suspected herdsmen/kidnappers in Edo state.
The post read: “My immediate younger brother, Olajide Sowore was today shot and killed near Okada in Edo state by reportedly herdsmen /kidnappers on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo sate where he is studying Pharmacy.
“They snuffed out the life yet another real human being! Rest In Power, “Dr. Mamiye!”
“This act in itself will not delay their day of justice.”
Playing tributes to the deceased, he said: “I traveled widely with you and our father as a little kid. You were the most loved robust kid I ever first knew. You, Mr. magnet had no enemy!
“You, Mr. Sunshine Foundation who made everyone happy.
“You, the boy who snuck out his older ones to parties, taking all the blames when our disciplinarian father found out.
“You, the guy who was an out-of-the-box thinker who decided school wasn’t for you and created you own genre of music and then turned around to go to school after you almost turned 50!
“You lived your life so that everyone could be alright but now assassinated by everything that’s not alright!
“Saddest day yet!”
Confirming the incidence, the Edo Police Command PPRO, Bello Kontongs, in a one-paragraph message sent to journalists, said in addition to killing the younger Sowore, the suspected kidnappers made away with five unidentified persons, adding that Sowore’s corpse had been deposited at the Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital.
The PPRO message, all in upper cases, reads:
“Good morning all. This is to confirm you that suspected kidnappers at about 06:45hrs along Lagos-Benin Expressway by Isuwa kidnapped five unidentified persons and on (sic) the process shot to death one Sowore Felix Olajide, male, a pharmacy student of Igbinedion University, Okada. His remain has been deposited at IUTH mortuary, Okada, while effort is ongoing to rescue the five kidnap victims while search and rescue operation, is ongoing pls.”
