Bullet Proof Charm Fails
OPC Leader. Dies after
being shot by friend
It was a sad end for Yisa Anifowose, the leader of
the Odua People’s Congress, OPC, at Shasha,
Akowonjo, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, when
his friend, John Taju, shot him dead while testing
the efficacy of his newly acquired bullet-proof
charm.
The charm could not prevent bullets from
penetrating into his body as he reportedly
boasted before he was shot . He slumped and
died as a result of the injury he sustained during
the shooting.
His corpse has been deposited at Igando
General Hospital, for autopsy. The late
Anifowose was married and had six
children.
Anifowose, 54, popularly called Baba
Kazeem, was shot in the chest by his friend
and member of OPC, Taju, a one-eyed man.
The suspect has been arrested.
The incident happened at the OPC tarmac,
Zone 5, Orisumbare, Shasha, Lagos, the
family home of the deceased.
On returning to Lagos, he was invited by his
friends who are members of the OPC, to
their base to celebrate his newly acquired
power and the purchase of a new car by
one of his members.
It was while they were celebrating that
Baba Kazeem asked Taju who had a locally-
made gun on him to shoot him to test the
efficacy of the new charm.
Taju reportedly shot Baba Kazeem and the
bullet tore his chest. He died on the spot.
His death threw the residents into
confusion and his friends fled the scene.
Some residents of the area quickly locked
up their houses and shops and relocated
from the area to avoid being arrested by
the police.
The matter was reported at the Idimu
Police Station. But before the police arrived
the scene, Taju had escaped.
Policemen at the station confirmed the
story, adding that the suspect was later
arrested, interrogated and transferred to
the homicide section of the State Criminal
Investigation Department, SCID, Panti,
Yaba, Lagos.
“Investigation is ongoing in the matter,” a
source at the station told P.M.NEWS.
When P.M.NEWS visited the residence of
the late Baba Kazeem at 12, Ejigbo Road
Orisumbare, Shasha, Lagos, his wife, Hafsat
Anifowose and her relations gathered in
front of the house to mourn the OPC leader.
She lamented the death of her husband and
appealed to the police to investigate the
incident and bring the culprit to justice. “I
cannot just stay and watch my husband
killed like a chicken. The government
should intervene and arrest those involved
in his death,” she cried.
A brother of the deceased, Adedeji
Ajanaku, described the deceased as a
courageous man. He called on the
government to release his corpse to the
family for burial in accordance with Islamic
rites.
Following the death of the OPC leader in
this circumstance, P.M.NEWS talked to
some traditionalists on the efficacy of the
so-called bullet-proof charm and whether
such exist or it is just in the realm of the
imagination of the believers.
Dr. Bunmi Omosehindemi, Chairman, Lagos
State Traditional Medicine Board said he has
been hearing of the existence of such a
charm but quickly added that he has not
seen it.
“Some people say it exists but I have not
seen it. I am a scientist,” he said.
A traditionalist, Chief Samuel Oluwasola
Dedeigbo, however, confirmed that a
bullet-proof charm indeed exists, adding
that it is not easy to come by.
“Bullet-proof charm exists but it is not easy
to come by. On the OPC leader that was
killed as a result of using the charm, the
one they did for him was fake. He should
have tested it first on an animal before
asking someone to shoot him,” he stated.
Source: PM News
The late Anifowose.
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