Oshodi Residents Live In Fear Over Mammok’s Death

Residents of Oshodi – Lagos State- and it’s environs continue to live in uneasy silence over the death of influential street figure in the area, Yinka Mamowora widely known as Mammok.
The former aide of ex speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole was gunned down in his barber’s shop on Mosaku street, Wednesday September 30 2015.
The death of Mammok has created tension in the area as residents and rivals and their sympathizers continue to live in fear of reprisal action by his loyalists.
And fresh information coming the way of societynowng.com revealed that they have reason to fear.
There are volatile elements at play in the death of Mammok…cultism, politics & transport unionism.
The deceased was in the employment of Musiliu Akinsanya, the popular transport boss and street figure widely known as Oluomo as chief security officer at the time of his death.
He is said to have retained contacts as ‘political consultants and provided of muscle’ to this and that politicians from days before his involvement as aide of the then speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole.
And from his days as student of Ogun state polytechnic till he breathed his last, word on the street claim he maintain position as a leader of a campus cult known for numbers than any other thing.
According to a source the deceased champion his groups membership drive on the streets.
‘Mammok was the one who initiated most of the boys who are in his faction in oshodi and environs when the various groups began taking their membership drive to the street. He was there don’ an inside revealed.
The crack that eventually claimed his life began when political interests fragmented his hold on the members he built together societynowng.com learnt.
‘However when the issue of politics came in and he initially worked with Dimeji, many of them were in pdp with him until Oluomo succeded in bringing him to apc. Since then, he hardly see eye to eye with some of those boys’ the source further revealed
Additional revelation has it that with the development came pocketfuls of conflicts as his former followers attempted to assert themselves.
The situation was said to have degenerated to such an extent Mammok shunned his father’s house on Mosako street for a spell based on ‘security report’.
However a day to his death – Tuesday September 29 2015 -, he reportedly visited the area and ran into some of his former boys who refused to accord him proper respect.
Mammok reportedly refused to let the development slide and took on those concerned.
”The situation resulted in flashing of gun before the boys bowed and left from what I heard ‘ a source claimed.
Added information revealed that Mammok returned the following day, visited his father’s house and on his way to his barber encountered some of ex loyalists again..
‘They had minor skirmish..the hurled abuses at one of them who hailed Mammok labelling the person a betrayer…Mammok didn’t join in their issues..he was with one of his step brothers’ another source divulged.
Further revelations made to societynowng.com revealed that the men who came to gun him down arrived shortly after he went inside his barber’s shop.
They reportedly came on motorcycle to carry out the tragic operation.
Immediately he got wind of the happenstance, Mammok’s employer at the time of his death – Oluomo was said to have issued a stay off action against any form of reprisal.
He reportedly urged supporters and sympathisers to allow police perform their sworn duties.
Oluomo’s attempt at stopping bloodshed is reportedly being complemented with underground moves by powerful politicians with interests in happening in the area that play host to their ‘muscles’.
Sources claimed a national political leader has expressly forbidden any form of violence or reprisal action in the area.
He is said to have directed Mammok’s employer to ensure his loyalists shun acts of violence on the issue.
A former Senator with roots in the area is said to be working on ensuring gang war doesn’t erupt over the issue as well.
All these moves are against the background of uneasy silence over attempts at aprehending the killers by the police – and other stake holders.
Residents of the area are said to live in bated breath based on history of violence in the area.
‘Mundane Issues of far lesser importance than the death of a prominent figure as resulted in explosive strife…and until the real killers are identified and apprehended, and that feeling of minus one removed from the mind of the side that lost a leader…residents will continue to live in fear of reprisal’ an on ground source capture the way things stand for residents and gang members in Oshodi at present.
I gathered that mammok was the one who initiated most of the boys who are in Eiye confratanity in oshodi and environs when the various groups began taking their membership drive to the street. He was there don. However when the issue of politics came in and He initially worked with Dimeji, many of them were in PDP with him until Oluomo succeded in bringing him to apc. Since then, he and those boys hardly see and He was said to have stopped going to Mosaku whee his dad’s house was situated. However a day to his death, he was said to have gone with a step brother to Mosaku and upon getting there, met some of his former boys who refused to greet him. Mammok was said to have challenged them for not respecting him and the issue dragged to the point where he was alleged to have drawn his gun and threatened that he was going to shoot a particular guy that he said should stand up and who refused. The next day, he went again to barb from his long time barber when he met the same boys again. One of them was said to have greeted him and the other raked for the one who greeted him and tagged him a betrayal after Mammok went into the salon. It wasn’t long after this that those who rode on motorbikes stormed the area and upon getting there, went straight for him, shooting him on the head at close range and then dragging him out to put his body on his car.