A Nigerian man has been charged with murder following the
deaths of a woman and her nephew in East Finchley, Metropolitan Police
UK, said.
Obina Ezeoke, of no
fixed address was on Tuesday, 20
September, charged with two counts of murder following the deaths
of Annie Besala Ekofo, and her nephew, Bervil Kalikaka-Ekofo in East
Finchley.
Source: Metropolitan Police /Evening Standard
He will appear in custody at Hendon Magistrates' Court on
Wednesday, 21 September. A 20-year-old man remains on bail until a date
in late October.
Mother of nine, Ekofo and her nephew Bervil Kalikaka-Ekofo, 21, were
shot dead in her home on Elmhurst Crescent in Finchley in the early
hours of Thursday
morning,September 15th, by five gunmen who smashed down the front door
and burst into their flat. Ekofo died in a hail of bullets before her
nephew was shot
in the head as he slept on a couch in what is thought to be a tragic
case of mistaken identity.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Four other
people, including a child, were also in the house when the pair were
gunned down but were not hurt. A post-mortem into the death of Mr
Kalikaka-Ekofo at Northwick Park
Hospital Mortuary yesterday revealed he died from a gunshot wound to the
head.
Her husband Jean-Pierre is understood to have been take to a
psychiatric unit where he is being treated for trauma after witnessing
the horrifying dawn assassination.
Mr Kalikaka-Ekofo’s mother Maymie Botaba Chantelle
revealed that her son was studying psychology at the University of West
London. In a tribute she said:
"His character and soul was beyond
comparison, and it goes without a doubt that he will be truly and deeply
missed by his family."
A statement released by Mrs Besala Ekofo’s family described the
mother of nine as the glue that kept everyone together and a comforting
voice in the hardest situations.
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