John Obafunwa, Chief Forensic Pathologist of Lagos State has
disclosed that Engineer Funsho Williams, former gubernatorial aspirant
was strangled to death by his assassins.
Obafunwa who is a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the six
suspected assassins said his findings were as a result of post mortem
examinations on the deceased.
He said he was at the crime scene on July 27, 2006 at Corporation
Drive, Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi at 5.30 p.m. following a call which
informed him about the death. He said:
“I saw the body of a middle-aged man, identified by the family,
having his hands tied and lying face down in a pool of blood on a
dagger, wrapped with a newspaper.
“I covered the hands and taped it with a paper to prevent a foreign
DNA, which may occur during the movement of the body, so as not to
affect forensic investigations.
“I noticed that the room was scattered along with two other rooms
which I checked before the body was moved to Creek Military Hospital and
I left the hospital at midnight.
“During the post-mortem examination, myself and two other
pathologists at Creek Hospital discovered a cut on the deceased’s
forehead and bruises around his neck,”