According to police, the victim was killed in error by an Oodua Peoples Congress member, Ismaila Rahmon, who was in charge of security at a school where a Ramadan event took place. Rahman allegedly killed the Alhaji with a gun he seized from an armed robber but failed to turn it over to the police.
It was gathered that Alhaji Kadiru was a generous man and because of his
nature, touts usually surrounded him and sang his praises so that he
would give them money.
