Agony in Bodija as corpses of slain traders arrive

Uneasy calm pervaded Bodija market, in Ibadan and environs yesterday,
as the corpses of 10 Beans traders allegedly killed by the dreaded
Boko Haram arrived Ibadan from Mugunu, Borno State, where they had met
their untimely death. The executive of the Bodija market union, at
about 3pm, received the corpses at Egbeda tollgate.
The names of the victims, according to Public Relations Officer(PRO)
of the market union, Mr. Akeem Emiola, were given as Seye Adegboyega,
Jelili Popoola, Ojo Mosobalaje, Fatai Kareem and Femi Oyetunde.
Others were Ninalowo Saheed, Saburu Lanlehin, Lekan Oladokun, Sola
Adeoye and Nurudeen Lawal. Emiola said two of the traders, Alhaji
Ibrahim Ademola and Taoheed Azeez narrowly escaped being killed by the
sect.
Four of the traders had been allegedly killed in similar circumstances
on May 5. Majority of the latest victims were said to be apprentices
serving their various masters. On sighting the corpses yesterday, the
families of the victims, traders and symphatisers who had waited for
several hours, wept uncontrollably, lamenting the pains the sect had
caused the family of the victims.
On the conflicting report that the sect killed about 25 people, Emiola
said: "We cannot confirm that. What we know is that 10of our people
were killed. May be it is true, we don't know." Taoheed Adewuyi (32),
one of the survivors of the attack, told Daily Sun that God saved him
from the attack
"They stopped us along the way and asked us to come down from the car
and lie down. They thereafter, started shooting us one after the
other. I was the third person. I was also shot, but the gunshot did
not hit me well. I fainted. It was after an hour when I regained
consciousness that I discovered that I was stillalive, when trailer
came to pick the dead bodies. When I stood up, they were surprised,"
he said.
On why he was not killed, he said: "When one of them discovered that
one of us was still breathing, he went into their car and took out a
knife, with which he used to slaughter him. I almost cried out, but I
cannot because they must not know I was alive. I laid on one of the
dead."
Babaloja of Oyo State, Chief Dauda Adisa Oladapo, while commenting on
the ugly incident urged the Federal Government to take drastic measure
on the Boko Haram issue.