Dolapo Beyioku, a 2001 graduate of Mechanical Engineering has been declared wanted by police and members of the Asa community in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State for allegedly inflicting serious injuries on his brother over their father's landed property.
While Dolapo, 31, has been unemployed since he graduated, his younger brother, Wole, who left school in 2007, works with one of the oil service companies on Lagos Island.
Their father, Pa. Festus Beyioku, 74, is said to have summoned his two sons to his village late 2012 where he showed them his portion of the family land. On that occasion, Pa Beyioku reportedly shared the three plots of land between his two surviving sons and encouraged them to develop them as soon as possible.
Dolapo soon commenced construction of a poultry farm on his portion of the land. By this time, his brother, Wole, was away in Ghana. Four months after the foundation of the poultry farm was laid, work was completed on the project and Dolapo immediately put all necessary machinery in motion for the dedication of the project, which was scheduled for Saturday, June 29, 2013.
The ceremony, however, turned awry when Wole broke a bottle of beer on his brother's head. When the family got to the farm site and Wole discovered that his brother had encroached onto his own portion of the land for the construction of his project, his mood changed. Wole told their father that he would not allow the building to stand. Pa. Beyioku persuaded Wole to allow peace to reign but the latter remained adamant.
About half an hour later, Dolapo drove into the area with his family, but met a visibly angry Wole, who promptly accused him (Dolapo) of encroaching on his land.
A heated argument ensued between the two brothers. Pa. Beyioku and other members of the family did their best to stop the feuding siblings but Wole particularly refused to be placated.
It was reported that when the argument got to a stage, Wole picked a digger used by the bricklayer on the site and started pulling down a part of the building.
At that stage, Dolapo could not stand by and watch his brother ruin his business, so he engaged Wole in a fight. The elder brother reportedly picked up a bottle of beer and used it to break his brother's head.
Chief Fatai Beyioku, an uncle of the feuding siblings reports that, "It was the devil at work that day, because when Wole raised the alarm that his brother had encroached on his land, we told him that he should not worry so much.
We even promised him another piece of land. We told him that the matter would be resolved at a later date, but the boy refused to listen.
"While we were still talking with Dolapo on the matter, Wole rushed down to where we were and slapped his brother, who also responded with a slap. That was how trouble started. Their father and I were helpless as we did not have the physical strength to restrain them.
Suddenly Wole broke loose from Dolapo and dashed towards the cooler where bottles of beer were stored. He picked one of them and smashed it on his brother's head." Immediately Wole smashed the bottle of beer on his brother's head, Dolapo immediately slumped.
He was rushed into his own car and driven to an unknown hospital in Ifo before he was referred to a Lagos hospital. Wole, upon realising the crime he committed hired a motorcycle from the village and left the scene of the incident. He has not been seen since then.
