Sound Engineer Lynched, Burned To Death Over Disagreement On Balance Of 24 Cents

A 31-year-old Nigerian sound engineer was lynched and burned to death by a group of commercial motorcyclists. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four people over the brutal killing

“The incident happened on May 12, 2022. Four persons were arrested same day in connection with the act. We are on the trail of the fifth person, now at large,” the Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told reporters on Sunday, May 15.

“The victim is David Sunday Imoh, 38 year old. The suspects will be prosecuted when arrested . We will make sure they are fully prosecuted so that they will serve as deterrents to others,” he said.

Imoh was on his way home from a club when he allegedly got into an altercation with a commercial motorcyclist, also known as Okada, at Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, over disagreement on a N100 (24 cents) balance, reports said.

The scene escalated into a physical fight between Imoh and the motorcyclist. More motorcyclists allegedly joined their colleague and attacked the victim until he became unresponsive.

A harrowing video of the incident shared on Twitter shows Imoh lying motionless on the floor with a tire burning on his body. The mob then pour fuel on the fire, causing the blaze to increase.

“A group of musicians in Lagos had “regular” to play at Beer-bar along Admiralty road that evening. The sound engineer and keyboard player who mounted the same bike had an argument with the okada man (an aboki guy) which resulted in what became a cold-blooded night,” a tweet by Ufuoma (@thecoloredpen), said.

“The other okada riders (that were of the same tribe) came out and tried to avenge their “brother”. To cut the long story short, try were beaten to a pulp and the sound engineer lost his life right there. As if that was not enough, the sound engineer was burnt right there on the road. To make matters worse, the saxophonist that was to play for the night heard about what was happening while the fight just ensued and he went to try to settle not having a full grasp of what was really going on.”

“On getting there, he was also beaten to a pulp. The saxophonist (Frank) and the keyboardist (Philip) had to be taken to the emergency unit of the hospital where they were later admitted. Philip plays for D’banj Frank plays for Phyno.”

The suspects are yet to be identified. This is an ongoing investigation.