Three assassins who were hired by a man to snuff out
the life of his business partner have been arrested.
The alleged professional killers, identified as
Ibrahim Lawal, 27, Emmanuel Adewale, 25, and Yomi Olarewaju, 25, said they were
paid justN140, 000 as mobilisation fee to assassinate one Mr. Ade Victor.
According to the suspects, the contract was given to
them by one Adebayo Orekoya, alias Bobby Ibadan of Iyagangku area of Ibadan,
who incidentally is the business partner of Victor.
The said Victor resides at the GRA area of Ogundu,
Lagos and preliminary investigation revealed that he is a former business
partner with Orekoya.
A police source said that the two partners had a
fall out.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko
explained that on May, 2014, he received information that some hired assassins,
sent from Ibadan were at Pekkas Night Club Allen Avenue, preparatory to carry out the killing of an unknown
person.
He immediately directed the officer in charge of the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos Command, SP. Abba Kyarri, to storm the
area and arrest the suspects
Kyarri led two SARS decoy teams to the club, where
the suspects were arrested.
He added: “Their driver, one Samuel escaped with
their Sienna Space bus.”
According to Manko: “During interrogation, they
confessed to have been paid N140, 000 moblisation fee for logistics by one
Adebayo Orekoya. The sum of N100, 000, part of the mobilisation money as well
as the victim’s photograph given to them by Adebayo who is now at large, have
been recovered. All suspects have made confessional statements and
investigation continues.”
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