Aisha & son
Oloruntoba Oluwadamilola, the 19-year old son of ace broadcaster, Aisha
Falode, died on Saturday, 15 February 2014, and was buried amidst tears,
Monday, March 3 in Lagos. And ever since then, his grieving mum has
been fighting to make sure her son gets the justice he so deserves.
Here's a press statement she just released:
THE MURDER OF MY SON, OLUWADAMILOLA OLORUNTOBA FALODE IN COLD BLOOD BY
MR. FAISAL ALDAKMARY AL-NASSER AND MISS OLIVIA MELANIE RICHARDS EVANS
AND THE COVER-UP BY THE DUBAI POLICE.
I am Aisha Falode, Mother of 19 year old Toba Falode. I’m giving the
following statement as fact in the unfortunate death of my son.
Oluwadamilola Oloruntoba Falode, who was a student of SAE Institute,
Dubai in the UAE admitted to study Audio Production in October, 2013 and
resided on the 17th floor of Manchester Towers, Dubai Marina.
In the early hours of the 15th of February, 2014, I received a call from
the security guard at my son’s apartment block informing me that
something serious had just happened to my son, Toba. I then immediately
called his close friend, Nick Allison, a South African, who then
informed me that my
Toba had passed on from falling from the balcony of his 17th floor apartment.
Balconies at Toba's apartment block
Upon hearing this, I made various frantic calls to Toba’s pastor (his
guardian in Dubai), to go to the scene. After which I was informed that
the police had arrested all those at the scene and also taken the body
of my son away.
Four family members then proceeded to retrieve my son’s body and also
met with the Deputy Director of the Jebel Ali police station, who read
out the preliminary report to the family and mentioned Faisal’s name
which was mysteriously missing in the report that was later given to the
family.
The summary of the police report is as follows:
- a. That they confirmed that Toba died in the morning of the 15th of February 2014 at approximately 4am.
- b. That they indicated that this occurred around the premises of Toba’s apartment, the Manchester Tower, Dubai Marina.
- c. That they confirmed that there were 5 other people with him at
the time of his death – (4) four boys and 1 girl - a Nigerian, a French
Canadian national, a South African and a Saudi national. The girl is
British.
- d. That close to the time of the accident, Toba was on the balcony of his flat with his alleged girlfriend.
- e. 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.
- f. That his girlfriend was still there with him, and was warning him to be careful.
- g. 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 down from the balcony railings.
- h. That his friends all rushed down and found him lying dead in front of the apartment block.
- i. That they then called the Police who took charge of things.
- j. That all statements of the witnesses as described above were similar and that they were all interviewed separately.
- k. That forensic evidence including the examination of Toba’s body
at autopsy did not reveal anything to contradict this version of
events.
- l. That there were no injuries on Toba’s body inconsistent with a fall from a great height as the cause of his death.
- m. That there was no evidence of bruising or other injury to indicate anything else could be blamed as the cause of his death.
- n. That based on their findings, they decided therefore not to conduct a full internal autopsy.
- o. 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.
-
- Summary of account as follows:
- a. That sometime in December, 2013, the said Faisal Aldakmary
Al-Nasser stormed the apartment of my deceased son 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.
- b. 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.
- c. That in the evening of the 14th of February, 2014, Toba,
together with his friends, namely, Ebele Oladeji Onwugbufor, Nick
Allison and Joachim Senteni went to a club in Dubai known as M Deck,
Media 1 Hotel, Media City.
- d. That at the club, they met the said Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser
and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans who were also at the club.
- e. That again an argument started at the Club concerning Olivia, and shortly after this, Faisal and Olivia left the Club.
- f. That shortly after the two left the club, Toba and his friends also left the club.
- g. On their return to Toba’s apartment, Toba, Nick and Deji were
shocked and surprised to find Faisal and Olivia outside Toba’s Apartment
door, waiting and Olivia was crying hysterically and appeared
frightened while Faisal, however appeared calm, with a determined look
on his face.
- h. That after they all went into the apartment, after which Toba,
Faisal and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans entered his room “to sort
things out”.
- i. That shortly after, the three of them exited the room and moved on to the balcony of the apartment on the 17th floor.
- j. That there were signs of serious argument coming from the
balcony with raised voices and flaying hands by faisal visible through
the glass door of the balcony.
- k. That after about twenty seconds Faisal and Olivia 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.
- l. That at this point they all rushed downstairs to see Toba’s
dead body lying meters away from the building (approximately 12 to 15
meters).
- m. That the position of my Toba’s body (which can still be
verified today) was not consistent with someone falling from the balcony
(in which case the body would be much closer to the building) but was
consistent with someone that was violently pushed from the balcony.
- n. That the police arrived thereafter and arrested all of them to the station.
- o. 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, Olivia remained hysterical.
- p. That at the station, Faisal and Olivia were kept away from the
rest and were interviewed separately, whereas the other three were kept
in a separate room and interviewed separately.
- q. The witnesses were clear that the above account was what was
narrated and written as statements at the police station, A vital piece
of information deliberately omitted in the Police Report which did not
make any reference to the presence of Faisal or Miss Olivia Melanie
Richards Evans on the balcony when Toba allegedly fell
- r. That Faisal was released without taking the blood stained
T-shirt from him as should have been done in any investigative matter.
I am appealing to my Government that I have done much more than I
should do as a grieving mother who was left with no option but to start
investigating my own son’s murder by myself. I implore the Nigerian
Government to prevail on the authorities in Dubai to re-open the
investigation into the murder of my son Toba Falode and to bring to book
Mr. Faisal Aldakmary Al-Nasser and Miss Olivia Melanie Richards Evans
both of whom murdered him in cold blood.
The loss of a son is not what any parent should have to suffer, let
alone a brutal murder. I do not wish this on any one because the pain is
not only excruciating but almost unbearable.
JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL NOT ONLY FOR MY DEAR TOBA, BUT ALSO IN HONOUR OF
THE MEMORY OF ALL THE OTHER YOUNG LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN CUT SHORT
BRUTALLY. IF NO ONE ACTS EVERYONE IS AT RISK OF THIS UNFATHOMABLE PAIN.
I am asking for justice for my son and prayers from everyone that God
in his infinite mercy gives my family and I the strength to bear this
great loss.
THANK YOU.
To join the call for justice for Toba go to:
- Facebook : Justice for Tyler Fray a.k.a Toba Falode
- Twitter: twitter.com/TylerFray
- Instagram: instagram.com/justicefortylerfray
- Email: justicefortylerfray@yahoo.com
AISHA FALODE.
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