Aisha Falode cries over murder of only son, Toba

-‘I’ve proof he was killed by son of a Saudi billionaire’

-‘He fought Toba, accused him of snatching his girlfriend’

-‘I’ve witness, but Saudi police are frustrating investigation’

Ace sports broadcaster, Aisha Falode has insisted her only son Oloruntoba, who died on Saturday, February 15, 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was allegedly murdered by Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser, a Saudi national and Olivia Melaine Richards Evans, a Briton, both present at the scene of the tragedy.

Falode, who is still grieving, maintained the official statement which came from the police in Dubai after their investigation did not in any way represent what really transpired at the scene of the incident.

She is now raising the alarm over an alleged plot by the police to shield the two accused, Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser and Olivia Melanie Richards Evans from facing the law simply because the said Faisal is the son of a Saudi billionaire.

She wants the Nigerian government to intervene and facilitate the reopening of the case so that those behind her son’s death would face the full wrath of the law. Whereas earlier report from Dubai police authority stated that the deceased, popularly referred to as Tyler Fray, died in a fall from a high rise building, he reportedly fell down from the balcony railings of 17th floor apartment of 1703 Manchester Towers Building in Marina, UAE.

A petition sent to the Presidency and made available to ENCOMIUM Weekly by Mr. Festus Keyamo on behalf of the Falodes countered this claim, indicating Toba might have been pushed to his death by his alleged killers. In the petition, Mrs Falode explained that because of the inconsistencies in the police report given to the family regarding the incident, she, in company of Mr. Keyamo and another family member, travelled to Dubai on April 18, 2014, on a fact finding mission.

The facts discovered in that trip are as follows:

• Mr. Oluwadamilola Oloruntoba Falode (herein referred to as Toba Falode) was a student of SAE Institute, Dubai in the UAE, who was admitted to study Audio Production with Course No: BAP: 1013, and student ID No: DUB11065 sometime in October, 2013.
• Mr. Toba Falode lived on the 17th floor (Apartment 1703) Manchester Towers, Dubai Marina, Dubai.
• In the wee hours of the February 15, 2014, Mrs. Aisha Falode received a call from the security guard at Toba’s apartment block informing her in a hysterical tone that something serious had just happened to her son, Toba.
• That Mrs. Aisha Falode, then called her son’s friend, one Nick Allison, a South African, who informed our client that Toba had passed on from a fall from his balcony. He said he was right there with Toba’s remains in Toba’s apartment.
• That our client made various frantic calls to Toba’s pastor (his guardian in Dubai), to go to the scene. In the end, the police came and took away Toba’s body and arrested all those at the scene.
• Four (4) days later, when the Falode family went to bring the corpse of Toba back home for burial, they met with the Deputy Director of the Jebel Ali Police Station.
• That he had the case file of the investigation into Toba’s death with him, from which he read. The summary of their report is as follow:
• That they confirmed that Toba died in the morning of the February 15, 2014, at approximately 4.
• That they indicated that this occurred around the premises of Toba’s apartment, the Manchester Tower, Dubai Marina.
• That they confirmed that there were five(5) other people with him at the time of his death – (4) four boys and a girl – a Nigerian, a French Canadian national, a South African and a Saudi national. The girl is British.
• That Toba had been drinking and by the early hours of the February 15, 2014 had consumed a lot of alcohol together with the other witnesses who were with him in the apartment.
• That close to the time of the accident, Toba was on the balcony of his flat with his alleged girlfriend.
• That Toba was sitting on the railing of his balcony with his feet off the floor and that he was swinging in this position backward and forward.
• That his girlfriend was still there with him, and was warning him to be careful.
• That she later went inside the flat and shortly after, they all noticed that Toba was no longer sitting on the railings or on the balcony, and must have fallen from the balcony railings.
• That his friends rushed down and found him lying dead in front of the apartment block.
• That they then called the police who took charge of things.
• That all statements of the witnesses as described above were similar and that they were all interviewed separately.
• That forensic evidence including the examination of Toba’s body at autopsy did not reveal anything to contradict this version of events.
• That there were no injuries on Toba’s body inconsistent with a fall from a great height as the cause of his death.
• That there was no evidence of bruising or other injury to indicate anything else could be blamed as the cause of his death.
• That his blood alcohol level taken after his death as part of investigations, was above the legal intoxication limits.
• That based on their findings, they decided therefore not to conduct a full internal autopsy.
• That if from their investigations they had even the slightest indication of anything other than this version of events they would definitely have conducted an autopsy.
• However, because of the inconsistencies in the police report given to the family of our client, Mrs. Aisha Falode, in company of our Head of Chambers, Mr. Festus Keyamo and another family member, travelled to Dubai in the UAE on Friday, the 18th day of April, 2014 to see and hear things for themselves. Whilst in the country, the three of them met with the friends of Toba Falode who were present in the apartment on that fateful day.
• The friends in questions are Nick Allison (a South African student), and Ebele Oladeji Onwugbufor (a Nigerian student) also studying at SAE Institute in the UAE.
• The summary of the accounts of these friends are totally different from what the police report indicated and has revealed a most shameful and disgraceful attempt by the authorities in Dubai to shield obvious murder suspects from the long arms of the law.

The friends and witnesses in question volunteered written statements to us (which we attach herewith for your perusal) and we summarize their account as follows:

• That sometime in December, 2013, the said Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser stormed the apartment of the deceased, Oluwadamilola Oloruntoba Falode and ordered Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans (his supposed girlfriend) out of Toba’s apartment, accusing her of having an affair with Toba Falode.
• That a fight was to have ensued from this confrontation, but for the intervention of other mutual friends. Since then, there was no love lost between Toba and Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser.
• That in the evening of the February 14, 2014, Toba, together with his friends, namely, Ebele Oladeji Onwugbufor, Nick Allison and Joachim Santene went to a club in Dubai known as M Deck, Media 1 Hotel, Media City.
• That at the club, they again met the said Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans who came together.
• That again an argument started at the club concerning Olivia, and shortly after this, Faisal and Olivia left the club.
• That Deji was emphatic that the quarrel was to the effect that Faisal was still accusing her of still dating Toba.
• That shortly after the two left the club, Toba and his friends also left.
• On their return to Toba’s apartment, Toba, Nick and Deji were shocked and surprised to find Faisal and Miss Olivia outside Toba’s door, waiting. Olivia was crying hysterically and appeared frightened. Faisal, however, was very calm, with a determined look about him.
• That Toba let them all into his apartment.
• That after they all got into the apartment, Toba, Faisal and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans entered his room “to sort things out”.
• That shortly after, the three of them exited the room and went on to the balcony of the apartment on the 17th floor (though the account of who first went to the balcony and who joined thereafter are slightly varied).
• That Deji was emphatic that a serious argument with raised voices and raised hands went on at the balcony. At some point Deji opened the curtains and saw this serious confrontation between the three of them going on.
• Shortly after Deji closed the curtains (about twenty seconds later) Faisal and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans came back into the room and announced that Toba had fallen off the railings. However, Faisal had blood splattered all over his shirt and he had bloody knuckles. There was also a noticeable cut on his finger.
• It is significant to note that when Deji parted the curtains to look at the balcony, Toba was not sitting on the railing in the balcony.
• At this point they all rushed downstairs to see Toba’s dead body lying several meters away from the building (approximately 12 to 15 meters).
• That the position of Toba’s body (which can still be verified today) was not consistent with someone dropping from the balcony (in which case the body would be much closer to the building) but was consistent with someone that was violently pushed or thrown from the balcony.
• That the police arrived thereafter and arrested all of them to the station.
• That before and during the journey to the station, Faisal kept repeating to the hearing of everyone that the maximum punishment for him would be twenty-five (25) years in jail and that the other boys should not worry. Meanwhile, Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans was hysterical and did not say anything.
• That at a point, Deji had to shut Faisal up when this repetition of “at least 25 years in jail” kept going on and on.
• That at the station, Faisal and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans were kept away from the rest and were interviewed separately, whereas the other three were kept at a separate room and interviewed separately.

Deji and Nick Allison were clear that it is the above account that was narrated and written as statements to the police, yet the police report did not make any reference to the presence of Faisal or Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans on the balcony when Toba allegedly fell.

Later that night, Faisal and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans were released to go home without taking the blood stained T-shirt from Faisal.

Meanwhile, the other three were charged with drinking and other sundry offences and are facing these charges in court at present.

The late Toba Falode was buried at Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, March 3, 2014, after a funeral service at Trinity House Church, Oniru Victoria Island, Lagos.

Toba who died at the age of 19 has an older sibling Tolu who is in her early 20s.

JUSTICE FOR TYLER FRAY CAMPAIGN HIT THE SOCIAL MEDIA

The campaign to get justice for the alleged murder of Mrs. Falode’s son, Toba has started on the social media. There is a Facebook page and a twitter handle dedicated to this cause.

THE LIFESTYLE OF TOBA

Oluwadamilola Oloruntoba Falode was born on May 15, 1994. He had his early education at Corona Schools, Ikoyi, Lagos and his secondary education was at Atlantic Hall Schools, Epe, Lagos. He went on to do his ‘A’ levels at Bellerby’s College, Cambridge, UK. He was at Birmingham University where he studied Media and Communication. His love for music made him transfer to S.A.E institute, Australia, Dubai campus where he was studying Audio and Sound Production in music. Toba dreamt of becoming a mogul in the music industry.

UAE EMBASSY IN NIGERIA KEEPS MUM

ENCOMIUM Weekly sent an email to the Embassy of United Arab Emirates on the allegation that the Dubai police was shielding the alleged killers of Toba from justice on Thursday, May 8, 2014, we didn’t get any response till we went to press. UAE embassy in Nigeria is at 2, Columbia Close, off Colorado Street, Minister’s Hill, Maitama, Abuja.

‘WORDS FAILED ME’ – MRS. FALODE

In a short conversation with ENCOMIUM Weekly on Thursday, May 8, 2014, Mrs, Falode directed us to speak with her lawyer Mr. Festus Keyamo. “Speak with Festus, he will tell you everything you need to know. I can’t say anything for now or I will direct a family member to speak with you.”

– FOLUSO SAMUEL