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“My son isn’t a Yahoo Boy or ritualist” – Mother of 25-year-old man stoned to dǝath by irate mob in Ondo speaks (Video)

She explained that her son was a cabbie and had been gifted the car by his dad.

Temitope Olorufemi, 25, was killed by a mob in Akure, Ondo State, and his grieving mother has spoken out in response to his tragic death.

 

Temitope, alias Newcash, reportedly killed at least two people with his car before being killed by an angry crowd.

According to reports, he was driving recklessly along Ijomimo Junction, Ijoka Road, when he knocked down the victims, who died on the spot.

Following the incident, angry youths in the community unleashed venom on him, stoned him to death, and incinerated his car in a fit of rage.

Speaking on the tragic incident in an interview, the deceased’s mother revealed that her son is neither a Yahoo boy nor a “ritualist, as alleged by eyewitnesses.

She explained that her son was a cabbie and had been gifted the car by his dad.

She further disclosed that after the deceased completed his studies at Marshal’s Navy School in Ogun State, he went to Lagos in search of greener pastures. But, after a while, he returned home because he was struggling there.

According to her, Temitope was visiting Akure for the Easter holiday to meet his wife and child, who had traveled for his grandmother’s funeral, when the event that led to his death occurred.

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