Thirty-year-old Godwin Victor,
aka Sangba, who was abducted by members of his former cult group for embracing
normal life, has been found dead. Sangba’s hands and legs were tied, while a
log of wood was also tied to his neck before he was thrown into the Lagoon.
Policemen reportedly recovered
his corpse around the UNILAG waterfront on Thursday. Sangba had quit his group
due to fear for his safety and police harassment. Some of his friends, who did
not support his decision, attacked him. He was said to have moved to Port
Harcourt after increased threats to his life.
However, when he came back to
check his family, he was abducted. How he was abducted Family sources said that
Sangba was kidnapped by cultists, who were his friends and members of the gang
he once led. The gang members were said to have been displeased with his
decision to quit the group and embrace normal life. Sangba reportedly left the
group due to constant harassment by the police and for safety concerns.
The 30-year-old Akwa Ibom
indigene had recently returned to the community from Port Harcourt, when he was
abducted on Friday. His wife, Eniola, said her husband had returned from Port
Harcourt where he relocated to due to threats to his life. She said, “My
husband is very popular in this community. Because of that, whenever there was
a fight involving his friends and people’s property were destroyed, the police
would arrest him.
“He became unhappy with the bad
name they were giving him, and he called them and said he wanted to quit street
fighting. “He met other cult groups and appealed to them to embrace peace and
lay down their weapons.” She said the groups agreed to a truce in December last
year.
A few months after the truce,
sanity returned to the area. But some of Sangba’s friends, who were opposed to
the development, attacked him. Eniola said one of her husband’s friends shot
him at a party in April, adding that he narrowly escaped. “From that time, he
stopped coming to the house and started lodging in a hotel nearby.
“When the stress became too
much for him, he decided to relocate to Port Harcourt. While he was away, there
was another bloody clash in Bajulaiye and Ebute; two people were killed. When
he heard, he was disturbed and told his friends to stop the fighting.
He wondered what they were
fighting for.” The victim later returned to Lagos on Wednesday, June 3, to look
after his family and perfect plans to travel outside the country. “When he
arrived, he called one of those boys, who he trusted, and told him that he only
came to get his travelling documents,” Eniola added. The victim went to a club
on Friday, when the gang attacked and abducted him. Another friend, who was
with him, Toheeb Akinpelumi, was said to have been injured before he escaped.
Sangba’s mother, Eme, said the family reported the matter at the Bariga Police
Division. She lamented that her son had yet to be found, urging the kidnappers
to release him. She said, “Since they kidnapped him on Friday, his phone
numbers have been switched off. I have not been able to eat.
He is my source of
happiness and joy. I appeal to his friends, Anarchy, Ade and others, to release
him. If he offended them, they should forgive him. “Ade and Anarchy lived with
me for two years and I fed them. “After the disagreement started, they chased my
son with guns, saying they would kill him. “At another time, they came to the
house and when they did not meet him they broke the television and said they
would return.” A police source said the victim was kidnapped by Anarchy,
Rotimi, Lati, Ade and others, who were loyal to late Segun Ogere, aka Shaggy.
Shaggy was killed by suspected cultists while returning from a court, where he
was the principal witness, sometime in 2014.
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