Mrs. Ronke Badru, the wife of House of Representatives member, Hon.
Dolapo Badru whose son, Abraham, was killed on March 26 in London near
the deceased’s parents’ home, said the murder of his only child at age
26, was a revenge for stopping the gang rape of a girl child when he was
just 14....
The devastated mother said Late Abraham feared for his life after
he gave evidence to convict and jail nine boys who gang raped a
14-year-old schoolgirl, Daily Mail UK reported.
Ronke Badru believes 'in her heart' that her university graduate
son was gunned down in revenge for stopping the brutal gang rape 11
years ago.
She said Abraham Badru, 26, feared for his life after he gave
evidence to convict and jail nine boys who gang r*ped a 14-year-old
schoolgirl.
Relatives of the rapists are said to have thrown eggs at the
family's home and made threatening phone calls to terrified Abraham,
then 16, because he had imprisoned their loved ones.
After the case he fled 159 miles to Bristol for seven years after
where he studied a BTEC in Sports Science before attending the
University of Gloucestershire where he completed a masters in sports
coaching.
A month after he was shot dead by a man armed with a shotgun just
yards from his family home in east London, his distraught mother Ronke,
50, has pleaded for the killer to be brought to justice.
She said the rape happened on the Frampton Estate in Hackney where the family lived until Abraham began to receive threats.
She said: 'He went to Bristol in 2007 after he rescued a girl from a rape.
'He received threatening phone calls, he was really scared for his life.
'They were throwing eggs at our door and everything, the family of the group.
'Abraham was just 14 and the police said he was a witness and
they said if you do not allow him you will be charged with perverting
the course of justice.
'The family of those boys were coming to my door and saying he should not go to court.
'He moved to Bristol to continue his education, he was only 16.'
DCI Noel McHugh, who is leading the murder inquiry, confirmed
revenge is a line of enquiry but also said Abraham could have been
killed in a case of mistaken identity.
DCI McHugh said: 'It would be too soon to nail all the colours to the mast.
'That is one line of enquiry, but we have others that we are looking into.'
As Abraham moved to Bristol his mum was forced to moved to another
house in the borough where the teenager would visit occasionally during
holidays.
In 2009 Abraham returned to London when he was offered a job as
sports activity leader but just days after returning home his Vauxhall
Corsa was vandalised.
Ronke said: 'When he finished his masters he moved back to London and his car was vandalised outside on the street.
'They removed all the tyres and they smashed out the mirrors and the windscreen.
'He asked the police to be moved away, he was fearful for his life and was scared, he was worried.
'I feel in my heart it could be connected.
'I thought it was okay that he moved back to London because I thought everything had passed.
'It happened when he was little I thought that the people who
had committed the crime would have been reformed and punished for what
they had done.'
Mr Badru was gunned down after he opened the boot of his AMG Mercedes on March 25.
The Liverpool fan received a Metropolitan Police Bravery award in
2009 for his actions saving a teenage girl from being gang-raped and
going on to give evidence against the attackers despite receiving
threats.
In 2016 he returned to London to look for work, and was shocked
when he bumped into one of the attackers, now released from prison, in a
nightclub and had to run away.
His car was vandalised with the mirrors and windscreen smashed, and the tyres removed.
Abraham asked to be moved away out of Hackney borough, but
believing that his housing application would be rejected began saving
for his own home and was hoping to move this year.
Police returned to the scene of the murder on Wednesday, a month
since the killing. A £20,000 reward is on offer for information leading
to the arrest and prosecution of the murderer.
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