At four years old, Waris Lateef was full of innocence; innocence that made him put so much trust in his half-brother, nay, brother, Rilwan Ahmed (19). Like a sheep being led to a slaughter slab, four-year-old Waris followed Rilwan to an uncompleted building close to their residence at Oloko village in Ibadan, Oyo State.
When his brother tied a piece of cloth across his face, blocking easy passage of air into his nostrils, he did not put up a protest. His brother went ahead to tie his legs, but to the little boy, he was acting in a film that was not being recorded. Abandoned there, life slowly ebbed out of him as he feebly struggled to breathe. His body was discovered three days later.
On Saturday, July 19, 2014, Waris’s father, Mr Lateef Lawal, who is stepfather to Rilwan reported at Ojoo Police Division of Oyo State Police Command that his four-year-old son was missing.