{"id":107144,"date":"2023-08-21T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107144"},"modified":"2023-08-21T17:53:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:53:35","slug":"senator-adeola-blames-soldiers-for-the-killing-of-his-aide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senator-adeola-blames-soldiers-for-the-killing-of-his-aide\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Adeola blames soldiers for the killing of his aide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adeola has alleged that soldiers of the Nigeria Army operating checkpoints around Ikeja axis of Lagos State were responsible for the killing of his senior aide, Mr. Adeniyi Oluwatosin Sanni, in the early hours of Saturday August 5, 2023.<\/p>\n

The Senator\u2019s allegation was contained in a statement he personally signed and made available to Pointblanknews.com in Abuja on Monday.<\/p>\n

Recall that the bereaved Senator had earlier stated that information available to him on the circumstances indicated that Sanni was stopped at a checkpoint around the Ojodu- Berger Area of Lagos on his way to his home at Isheri by \u201csecurity agents\u201d .<\/p>\n

The deceased was asked to provide the documents of the car he was driving, which he did through a call to his wife who sent all the documents to his phone through a WhatsApp message.<\/p>\n

It was gathered that the wife called a while later and the late Sanni told him soldiers were still checking the vehicle\u2019s documents.<\/p>\n

That was the last she heard from her husband and the remains of Sanni, ridden with bullets, were later discovered at the Toyota Bus Stop area of Oshodi, close to a military barrack.<\/p>\n

Adeola however gave an update about the investigation of the murder and armed robbery by the Nigerian Police Force in his statement on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Senator said, \u201cI am of the firm belief, based on available facts at the disposal of the Police that his aide was killed by a syndicate of soldiers operating under the newly deployed Commander of 9 Brigade, Ikeja Cantonment of the Nigeria Army, Brigadier General Nsikan John Edet, through mounting of checkpoints and robbing of lone occupants of cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cTop Police sources familiar with the investigation informed me that a similar brutal killing and armed robbery occurred around the same Ojodu- Berger late Thursday night of August 17, 2023 resulting in the killing of another Nigerian whose body was discovered around Iyana- Ipaja after he was taken away by soldiers from the checkpoint.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnknown to the soldiers, the occupant of the car they killed and took away his car was the second car in a convoy of two heading towards the same destination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first car passed the soldiers checkpoint but the second car was stopped to check his vehicle\u2019s papers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn noticing the absence of the second car after a while, the occupant of the first car (name withheld) placed a call to his colleague in the second car who informed him that he was being taken to Iyana Ipaja by the soldiers at the checkpoint.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was the last he heard from him and his dead body was later discovered dumped on the road just like Mr. Sanni.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe survivor in the first car reported the case to the Police and a pattern of armed robbery and killing in the area involving men in Army uniform was established.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adeola therefore called on the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, to direct the fishing out of the killers of his aide for further investigation, prosecution and justice for the deceased.<\/p>\n

He said such pattern of killings and armed robbery had been established against soldiers mounting late night checkpoints around Ikeja with similar unreported incidents in recent times around Ikeja.<\/p>\n

He added that the Nigerian Army cannot be seen to cordon or harbour rogue elements robbing and killing innocent Nigerians within its fold.<\/p>\n

\u201cTill date, the black Toyota Camry of Mr. Sanni, his phones and other valuables are yet to be recovered,\u201d he lamented.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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