How winner of IBM competition, David, was killed
A preliminary investigation by the police has shown how Systems Engineer and winner of 2018 IBM competition, David Nketim-Rex, was killed.
Top police sources as well as a relative of the deceased told The PUNCH on Monday that David was shot by robbers on a motorcycle along Jibowu Street in the Jibowu area of Lagos State, last Friday.
David, who was the son of Dr. Yetunde Nketim-Rex, a senior lecturer at the English Department in the University of Lagos, was said to have been dropped off by a cousin named Nicholas around 8pm.
The deceased was said to have walked down to Jibowu Street near Finicky Restaurant which has no functioning streetlights.
While waiting to board a vehicle that would convey him home which is close to WAEC bus stop, he was said to have been using his Samsung phone and this caught the attention of the hoodlums.
An attempt by the hoodlums to snatch David’s phone was resisted and this was said to have infuriated them as one of them brought out a gun and shot him at close range before fleeing with the phone.
A source said, “The incident occurred around 20.00 hours on January 15, 2020. The cousin of the deceased, Nicholas, said they closed from work and they were on their way home. But he said he had to do something and then dropped off David at GUO Transport who was going home.
“From preliminary investigation and from what some eyewitnesses said, a guy alighted from a motorcycle and attempted to snatch David’s phone. A scuffle ensued and the man shot him at close range and fled with the phone.”
A relative of the deceased, who confirmed the preliminary report, said it was when Nicholas arrived home and didn’t see
They were said to have launched a manhunt for David and found him lying in a pool of blood.
He said, “When Nicholas returned home, he didn’t see David. He said that Nicholas ought to have arrived because he dropped him off at GUO and should have arrived at home within a few minutes because their home is a short distance from where he was dropped off.
“They called his phone but it was switched off. It was at that time that they began tracing him. On getting to Jibowu Street, he was found lying in a pool of blood and policemen were there.” Punch
