London East Finchley Shooting: Nigerian Man Obina Ezeoke Charged With Murdering Aunt And Nephew

A man has been charged with double murder after the shooting of a mother-of-nine and her nephew.

Obina Ezeoke has been charged with the murders of mother-of-nine Annie Besala Ekofo, 53, and her nephew Bervil Kalikaka-Ekofo, 21. 

They were gunned down at a flat in East Finchley, north London, on Thursday shortly after 6.30am.

Annie Besala Ekofo, 53, and Bervil Kalikaka-Ekofo, 21, were found dead at an address in Elmshurst Crescent, East Finchley, on Thursday.
Obina Ezeoke, 24, of no fixed address, has been charged with two counts of murder.
He is due to appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday. A 20-year-old man remains on bail.

Four other people, including a child, who were also inside the address at the time were not harmed.

A post-mortem examination into Bervil's death was conducted last week at Northwick Park Hospital Mortuary, concluding that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head.

The post-mortem examination for Annie has not yet been conducted and enquiries into both her and Bervil's death are continuing.

They were gunned down at a flat in East Finchley, north London, on Thursday shortly after 6.30am.

Scotland Yard said Ezeoke, of no fixed address, is to appear in custody at Hendon Magistrates' Court in north west London on Wednesday. The 20-year-old man remains on bail until a date in late October.

Bervil's mother, Maymie Botamba, who lost two family members in the shooting, paid tribute to her "perfect" son.

"He was my friend, my best friend, my everything," she said.