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The Police in United Kingdom have offered a £20,000 reward to anyone who can offer information that will lead to the arrest of the killer(s) of the son of a Nigerian lawmaker. Twenty six-year-old Abraham Badru, who once received a police bravery award, but was gunned down in Hackney, east London, a few weeks ago.
Badru was praised after giving evidence against a rape gang, on the Frampton Park Estate in 2007. Police said he was shot while opening the boot of his car to look for a drink. The Metropolitan Police said just before the attack at around 11:10p.m., Badru had parked his black Mercedes on Ferncliff Road when he was approached by suspects.
Only on Wednesday another 18-year-old Nigerian, Israel Ogunsola, was stabbed to death in Hackney, London. His death, brings to 50 in just three months.
Ogunsola was said to have approached the police with his knife wounds shortly before 8:00p.m. on Wednesday, following the attack. Officers rushed to his aid in Link Street, in the east London borough. Paramedics and staff from the London Air Ambulance attempted to save his life but he was pronounced dead few minutes later.
Two 17-year-olds have been arrested on suspicion of murdering Ogunsola, the Metropolitan Police said. They were held on Wednesday night.
The deceased, computer programme undergraduate until his death.
The father Mr. Ogunsola, 55, a customer services administrator, said: “My son was a well brought up boy who respected everyone and was liked by all and sundry. “The bloodshed must stop. London’s streets are so dangerous. Young people are being slaughtered every day.
