Policeman Who Killed My Mum Must Die Too--- 14 yr old Tennis Star Cries Out (Photo)
For 14 years old Angel Macleod, October 26, 2010 may remain
indelible in her mind for that was the day that a policeman murdered
her 38 years old mother, Beauty Nwankwo, at a Lagos hotel.
A rising Chevron tennis star, Angel had returned from Accra, Ghana,
the previous day, after participating in a tournament and mother and
daughter were lodged at a guest house somewhere at Victoria Island.
Circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder are still shrouded in
mystery but reports said that the late Beauty may have had an
altercation with the killer mobile policemen and in the scuffle that
ensured, the armed man cocked his weapon and fired point blank, killing
the woman in cold blood.
Angel is actually yet to come to terms with the development as she
still finds it difficult to believe that she will never see her beloved
mother again, forever. And to compound her problems, Angel does not
really know who her father is, that is if one actually still exists.
“I just keep thinking that it’s not true,” Angel cries, noting
that, “every time I think about it, I just break down and life feels
strange without her. My father is not here. I don’t know where he is. I
don’t know who will replace my mother.
“When my mum did not come back the next day, I tried calling her
and all of a sudden, my auntie, auntie’s husband, my mother’s friends
came to my room and asked If I was okay and I said yes. I asked them
where my mum was and they all looked at each other and said that she had
gone to the village but was not picking up her phone calls. I said
okay. Then every ten minutes, the receptionist would come and ask if I
was okay and in case I needed anything, I should come and ask her. It
was really strange. I tried to call my mum for the last time but she
didn’t pick and I called my auntie to verify if my mum was in the
village and she said that she was leaving the village now“It was then I
knew that something was wrong because my mum can’t just go to the
village and be on her way just like that. It takes hours and hours to go
the village and she would not go without telling me.”
Apart from her dream to rule the world of tennis, the late mother was
all she had. Beauty had prodded her on, leading her to various
tournaments both within and outside the country, preparing Angel for a
possible role in the future as a tennis star.
“The killer doesn’t deserve to live any minute longer,” Angel
said adding that “the only way he can pay for his crime is to pay with
his life because what he did was devilish and evil and I can’t believe
that a policeman can kill my mother just like that.“We did everything
together, went out together, attended tournaments together. She helped
me with my studies and was virtually my engine room and I don’t know
what I am going to do without her. I don’t know how I will cope without
her around me again.”
Still in tears, Angel wants to see the corpse of her mother before burial, “to actually confirm that she is dead.
” Then she has another request – to see the policeman who killed her
mother. “I am not going to do anything to him. I just want to see who
killed my mum,” hopefully before he faces the wrath of the law.
In about three years from now, Angel is expected to go
professional, a development which may attract global attention as in
fact, she says she is determined to be the Maria Sharapova of African
tennis.
“Just because my mum died does not mean I am going to stop doing
the thing I love most, playing tennis. Since I was a kid, she was the
one who brought me into tennis. She always pushed me to struggle harder
for success and I am going to keep on fighting. Her death won’t bring my
head down as far as tennis is concerned. Her death will push me on
because that is her dream for me.”
“I try not to think of it but every day, I get phone calls from
people around, in Africa, my mum’s friends, some of the coaches who
trained me, contacted me after reading the news. It’s hard not think of
it, knowing she died at an early age. She is with me in the spirit.”
Culled from Vanguard
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