£10,000 Reward For Info On Nigerian Murder Suspect

London Metropolitan Police have offered a reward of £10,000 for anyone who can give them information on the whereabouts of Nigerian Jeffrey Okafor believed to be responsible for the murder of actor Carl Beatson Asiedu.   In 2009, Mr Asiedu, 19, who had appeared in CBBC's MI High, was stabbed in the heart near Club Life nightclub in Vauxhall in South London. Metropolitan Police officers now want to trace Mr Okafor, believed to have delivered the fatal stab but who is thought to have fled to Nigeria days after the murder.   According to reports from Nigerian Watch, Mr Asiedu,a popular children's TV actor,born to a pastor and a midwife, had been performing at the nightclub as part of a rap group on the night of his death. Both Mr Asiedu and his friend Peter Lama were stabbed in an attack by a group of men, although Mr Lama survived the knifing.   Metropolitan Police officers think Mr Okafor left the UK on 17 August 2009, when he was seen on CCTV boarding an Air France flight at Heathrow Airport using his brother's passport. His younger brother, Junior, was sentenced to four years in prison for assisting an offender after evidence in court showed he gave his passport to his brother.   Mr Asiedu, who had appeared in a small role in episodes of MI High, was about to start the second year of his degree at De Montfort University in Leicester in media production when he was killed. Following his death, Junior Ademujimi-Falade, of Camberwell, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years in prison, while Bolaji Kako-Are and Abu Mansaray were convicted of violent disorder and jailed for three years each in 2011.   John Asiedu, the young actor's father, said: "I would urge Jeffrey Okafor to do the right thing and give himself up. I believe there are people in Nigeria who know him but don't know who he really is."   Detective Inspector Alison Hepworth, of the Metropolitan Police, said Mr Okafor was probably being supported by people in the UK. She added: "I would appeal to those people - his friends or family - if you have in some way helped to aid his escape, now is your opportunity to do the right thing and tell us where he is."