Beatrice Oyesolu, the 75-year-old mother of twin brothers shot dead on Saturday by a drunk policeman guarding Paulson Hotel on Anibaba Street, Ketu-Ikosi, Lagos, says the death of her children have stripped her naked, as they were her cover.


She said the children, Taiye, a naval officer and Kehinde, an engineer, had concluded plans to start building her a house next month before the tragedy struck.

The twin brothers, aged 34, who hailed from Oro, Kwara State, were bachelors.

The drunken policeman, Stephen James, with Force number 217884, had opened fire on the brothers and their friend, Jeje, who was celebrating his birthday on the fateful day  because they cautioned him to stop harassing customers, who reportedly declined to buy him bottles of beer.

James, said to be a drug addict and notorious for shooting sporadically, killed the twins and their friend before he shot himself dead.

The mother of twins said, "I just came back from church yesterday when they broke the news of their death to me. The government should help me because Taiye and Kehinde were the only hope I have. I have been stripped naked because they are my clothes. Who will I turn to now?

"They promised me a lot of things next year. They wanted to start building a house on my parcel of land next month. This is the seventh month after the death of their father."

Culled from Punch