“My husband was not a ritualist, yet they mur-dered and bur-nt him to ashes”
Grace David Bolu, mother of two and wife of the sound Engineer, David Imoh, who was lynched and burnt to dea-th by commercial motorcyclists in Lekki over N100, on Thursday, May 12, laments:
“I got to know that my husband was mur-dered and set ablaze on May 13, 2022, through his colleague, Melvin.
“My husband only came out from Beer Barn to intervene when his colleagues were being beaten over N100 change and they started calling them yahoo boys and ritualists.
“My husband was inside the bar setting up instruments while two of his colleagues were the ones that patronised the motorcyclist and had an argument with the motorcyclist over N100.
“The motorcyclist had agreed to convey them to their destination for a fee of N400, but they gave the bike man N500. He told them he did not have N100 balance and Dave’s colleagues persuaded him to accept N300 which was the only money with them with the promise to balance him N100 next time they come to the area to play, but the motorcyclist refused. So, they started arguing.
“When the situation degenerated, some people ran inside to call the rest of the members of Legacy 360 band, which my husband was part of. They stepped out with the hope of rescuing them, but when they got there, they discovered that the motorcyclists were more than the number they could handle. My husband and others ran back into the bar, but instead of the manager to help them, he sent my husband back that he didn’t know him. 
“My husband was not just beaten, they put tyres on him and set him ablaze as if he was a robber.
“I’m a civil servant, how much is my pay to take care of my children? My husband does two jobs just to take care of us; he worked in the morning as a sound engineer at Church of God Mission, Lekki and worked with Legacy 360 band on Thursdays and Fridays just to fend for us. My husband was not a ritualist.
“I need justice for my husband, He was our support.