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Suspected Killers Of Ekiti Assembly Lawmaker Land In Police Net

Posted by Samuel on Tue 15th Jan, 2019 - tori.ng

The suspected killers of an Ekiti state lawmaker have been nabbed by men of the Nigeria Police Force.

File photo: Police officers
 
The Police Command in Ekiti State said on Tuesday that it had arrested a six-man robbery gang that allegedly killed Michael Adedeji, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state House of Assembly.
 
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adedeji, who until his murder was representing Ekiti Southwest Constituency (II), was shot in the head by the hoodlums on August 10, 2018.
 
The suspected bandits, who police said, had already made confessional statements were paraded by the new Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr. Asuquo Amba, in Ado Ekiti.
 
The suspects, according to the CP, also allegedly killed one Kayode Omowaye when they raided OJAS Pleasure Hotels in Oye Ekiti on August 10, 2018.
 
Parading the suspects, the CP gave names of those arrested in connection with the murder of Adedeji as Dele Obamoyegun, Idowu Sunday, Adeniyi Wumi, Leye Ojo, Akindanhunsi Damilola and Olaosebikan Babatunde.
 
NAN reports that Exhibits recovered from them include Cut-to-size barrel guns, 17 live cartridges, 75 handsets, seven laptops, cash sum of  N147,000, four stolen vehicles, one of them belonging to the late Omowaye.
 
The CP said the suspects were arrested by men and officers of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad during a stop-and-search operation along Ado-Iworoko road.
 
When interviewed  by newsmen, the gang leader, Obamoyegun confessed to the crime, saying, “We shot him (Adedeji) after robbing him. He did not struggle with us but one of us shot him. I have to confess; we didn’t know he was a lawmaker.”
 
The CP said that the gang also invaded Afe Babalola University junior staff quarters and snatched a car belonging to one Mrs Bosede Ojo.
 
He said that most disturbing was that Dele’s mother, Bola Obamoyegun was the one accepting and concealing stolen items for the gang led by his son.
 
“Dele’s mother was the one concealing stolen items for them. As we speak, two of her children had earlier been convicted for robbery and this to us was a failure of motherhood.

“Our parents must learn how to make their children responsible.”
 
Amba hinted that the Command was synergizing with the army and other sister security agencies in the state to ensure that all the border towns were safe for the citizens.


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