FELIX Osita Ezike, a 27-year old 'soldier' who allegedly stabbed to death a teenager he was supposed to discipline at Liasu Road, Egbe in Ikotun area of Lagos, has revealed he is not a real military officer and that the crime was committed out of anger.
However, the incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, who said that the matter is still under investigation at SCIID, Panti, Yaba.
According to Felix, who is still being investigated by homicide detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba: “Mr Dada Animashun contacted me to help him discipline his 19-year-old wayward son Deji, because he thought I was a military officer. Anytime they saw me I was always dressed in military uniform.
“Deji’s parents complained that their son had become a torn in their flesh as he had started stealing, sleeping outside their house and was living a wayward life. Believing I was a military officer, they felt I could make Deji turn a new leaf."
Explaining what led to his actions, Felix said “this is not the first time the family invited me to discipline Deji. The first time I slapped and used a cane on him. The beating sort of worked, as Deji started sleeping at home.
“However, a few days later, Deji’s character went back to default mode and he began to misbehave again. His parents called me again to complain about Deji.
"When I came, I asked Deji what he wanted to do with his life since he has stopped going to work. He said he wants to join the military. I informed his parents and they gave me N10, 000 to purchase Airforce form for him. After purchasing the form, his parents asked me to guide him while he fills the form.
"When I took the form to their house Deji was nowhere to be found, his parents and neighbours searched for him to no avail. I had to spend the night at their house. It was the next day that his father brought him home.
"Before we began to fill out the form, I was questioning him on his whereabouts and he was acting up so I used horsewhip to flog him twice. Deji then used scissors to stab me at the back of my head and close to my eyes.
"Out of anger, I took the jackknife in my pocket and stabbed him on his hand and on his thigh. As Deji was attempting to move, his blood on the floor slipped him and he fell down and hit his head on the mirror. That was how he sustained the head injury.
"It was just the two of us inside the room, when Deji began to bleed profusely I raised alarm but none of his parents was around, I called their numbers they didn’t pick.
“So I had to get a Keke NAPEP that took Deji to a hospital at Ikotun. Immediately we got to the hospital, the doctor said he was dead. I feel terrible, I regret my actions. I overreacted when Deji attacked me”.
Revealing how he got the military uniform and jackknife, he said, “my friend gave me the uniform and because I wear it always, people think I am a military man. I bought the knife for self-protection when the street was very hot.”
