PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER CRIES IN COURT: I took shots of my slain son for police

AT an Ikeja High Court yesteday, a professional photographer, Mr. Adekunle Ayodele, emotionally narrated how he helped police to take photographs of his slain son, Damilare Ayodele, at the scene of crime.
He also told the court that the suspects had confessed to police that they killed his son because he was too proud.
He said: “On getting to the scene of the crime, where my son lay lifeless, the police asked me where they could get a photographer to take pictures of the corpse as evidence.
“I told them I was a professional photographer; they requested that I should take the photographs. I brought out a camera and I took the pictures with tears in my eyes.”
Ayodele made this claim during the trial of three men, Emmanuel Eguku, 23; Qudus Adeyemi, 24; and Deji Odukoya, 23, for alleged murder of Damilare.

The trio is being prosecuted by the Lagos State Government on a three-count charge of conspiracy, murder and unlawful assembly.
They all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Shot
According to the prosecution, the defendants committed the offences at 1.30p.m. at Oriokuta Road in Imota near Epe in Lagos State.
The deceased was allegedly shot in the neck with a local pistol.
Ayodele, while being led in evidence by the state prosecutor, Mr. Y. G. Oshoala, said his son died of gunshot wounds after being shot by the defendants.
He said: “I received a phone call from my younger brother, Odunayo Ayodele, on December 7, 2014, which was a Sunday, while I was in the church.
“My brother asked me to hurry home that there was  a fight in the neighbour-hood. When I got to the scene, I saw my son lying dead with gunshot wounds.”
Ayodele said after reporting the incident at the Imota Police Station, some policemen followed him to the scene where he was made to take the pictures of his son.