Gunmen
Former
Secretary to Oyo State Government, Mr. Ayodele Adigun, on Tuesday
escaped assassination by gunmen who stormed his Akobo GRA residence in
Ibadan around 9pm.
However, the gunmen killed his night guard who was simply identified as Pa Olapade.
Adigun, who is an Accord Party chief, was away in Ekiti State when the hoodlums struck.
It was gathered that the corpse of the night guard was discovered on Wednesday morning by his colleague, Wasiu Adeniran.
The late guard was said to have been blindfolded before being killed.
Adeniran said, “I was surprised when I
arrived about 7am and knocked on the gate but got no response for
almost 30 minutes. We normally resume shifts at 7.00am and 7.00pm.
“Usman, a neighbour’s security guard,
advised that I should knock the gate again because it was unusual of him
(the late guard) not to come out by that time. I however managed to
open the gate from behind.
“As I entered I saw his corpse. He was
tied. I quickly raised the alarm and called my master’s secretary and
his special assistant.”
Adigun, while reacting on the telephone on Wednesday, said he got a telephone call informing him about his guard’s murder.
He said, “I don’t have deals with anybody. I owe no one and no one owes me any money.
“It is a dangerous trend that this kind
of thing is happening again in this state. Apparently they were after me
because we learnt that they came about 9pm when they calculated that my
visitors would have left and I would be relaxing.”
Adeniran said the gunmen accessed the
house by scaling the fence from the back. He explained that the hoodlums
used a ladder to climb the fence to escape.
It was learnt that the deceased’s corpse
had been deposited at the Adeoyo Maternity and State Hospital Yemetu,
while the matter was reported at the Akobo Police Station.
Divisional Police Officer at the station
was not around during our correspondent’s visit. A police officer
confirmed that the case was reported at the station and that
investigation was on.
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