Ade Lexus (left) and Bobby
The
Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos State has apprehended three men for
attempting to assassinate a Lagos socialite and businessman, Mr. Victor
Adelakun, aka Ade Lexus.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
suspects were allegedly hired by an Ibadan-based hotelier, Mr. Adebayo
Orekoya, aka Bobby Ibadan, who had been declared wanted by the Lagos
State Police Command.
According to police authorities, Bobby Ibadan hired four men in Ibadan to do the job and gave them an advance of N140, 000.
Our correspondent learnt that when the
suspects arrived in Lagos on Saturday, they held a meeting at a night
club in Allen Avenue Ikeja, where they were said to have made plans for
the operation.
A SARS informant was said to have
eavesdropped on their conversation and immediately alerted the officer
in charge of SARS, SP Abba Kyari.
It was learnt that Kyari subsequently
sent a team of SARS operatives which stormed the night club around 1am
and arrested three of the suspects while one of them escaped.
PUNCH Metro gathered that when the police searched the suspects, guns were found on them including a picture of their target.
A police bulletin made available to our
correspondent read in part, “Around 1am on May 10, 2014, information was
received that four assassins were sent from Ibadan by one Adebayo
Orekoya, aka Bobby Ibadan, who lives in Ibadan GRA, Oyo State.
“The instruction given to the assassins was to kill one Ade Victor Adelakun of Ogudu GRA, Lagos.
“Consequently, two SARS teams proceeded
to the night club where the suspects were planning their attack. Three
men, Ibrahim Lawal, 27; Yomi Olanrewaju, 25; and Emmanuel Adewale, 25;
were arrested, while their driver, identified only as Samuel, escaped in
a Sienna Spacebus.
“Upon interrogation, the suspects
confessed that Bobby Ibadan sent them to kill Ade Lexus, his former
business partner. N100,000 out of the N140,000 given to the suspects as
mobilisation fee have been recovered as well as a picture of the
victim.”
Our correspondent learnt that SARS
detectives were able to establish contact with Bobby Ibadan using the
telephone of one of the suspects.
Bobby Ibadan, who did not know that SARS
had arrested his boys, was alleged to have said, “I want that job done
today by all means. Go to the night club where Ade Lexus hangs out and
go and kill him there. If you don’t see him at the night club, go to his
house and get the job done.”
It was learnt that SARS detectives rushed down to Ibadan to arrest Bobby Ibadan, but he was said to have escaped.
Ade Lexus told reporters at his showroom
on Lateef Jakande Street, Ikeja, that he still did not understand why
Bobby Ibadan would want to terminate his life.
He thanked SARS men for the “incredible work”, insisting he was still alive because of their efforts.
He said, “Bobby is not my business
associate, He is not my friend either. A friend of mine in the United
Kingdom was the one that introduced him to me. I have met with Bobby
only on a few occasions.
“If he had succeeded with the
assassination, no one would have suspected him because he does not stay
in Lagos and we do not chat often. He told me to lend him money a while
ago for a business project, but I turned him down. Maybe that is what
made him angry.
“Also, the arrested suspects said Bobby
alleged that I snatched his wife. That is not true; I am a happily
married man with beautiful children.
“Anyway, I must thank SARS men for this
breakthrough. I was surprised to receive a call from the SARS commander
that I was the target of an assassination. I did not know the Nigeria
Police worked in such a manner, I am impressed.”
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi
Braide, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the telephone,
but promised to give details later.
PUNCH
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