Young multi talented David Ntekim Rex was shot and killed on Friday 15th January by armed robbers in crime ridden Jibowu area of Lagos.
He is said to be a very hard working young man keen to eking a decent living by engaging in multiple business ventures, one of which is music.
David is also described by his friends as a very brilliant “tech guy.”
He was on his way home when he was robbed, shot. Efforts to get medical for him failed as hospitals visited paid little attention to the urgency of saving his life.
Even the Lagos University Teaching Hospital is alleged to have abandoned him to die without even administering first aid.
His friend Roy Mustang @Magnanimous_gives account of events leading to his death:
“David got shot around 8pm. The police were called, David hadn’t died yet. The Nigerian police stood and watched as he gasped for air. They took pictures instead, and were more concerned with why he – a tech guy- was carrying a laptop. Nigeria failed you, David.
“David was taken to the military hospital around the area, the nurses ignored him. The doctor came around and kept asking who they all were. It took a senior nurse to come out and start checking for a pulse. He had lost a lot of blood at this point.
“The police then took david and his family to Sabo, where they looked for the laptop that he had on him instead of giving them a police report. The police officers were drunk and kept being unreasonable. He was finally released to his family, and they got to LUTH around 12:30am.
“David wasn’t attended to by the doctors at LUTH. He was there till the family was convinced he couldn’t be alive because he had no pulse. The doctors refused to administer any test to see if he was alive.
“The country failed David. The doctors failed David. The police failed David. The system failed David. Rest in peace David Ntekim-Rex.”
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