A
suspect in custody in connection with the murder of Olaitan Oyerinde,
the Private Secretary to Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has
reportedly told police interrogators that he was offered N20m for the
job.
He said he was paid N200,000 as part payment with which he recruited four others.
Five suspects, including the Executive Director of the African
Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor,
have been arrested in connection with the murder.
Rev. Ugolor was picked up on Friday by the investigating team from
the Force CID in Abuja. His office and residence were ransacked. He was
arrested after the suspect named one “David” as the sponsor of the
murder.
Police sources said the suspect identified Rev. Ugolor during an
identification parade as the “David” that sponsored the killing.
It was gathered that the suspect told police investigators that the
deal to kill Olaitan was sealed at a restaurant in Benin City and that
Rev. Ugolor pointed Olaitan to him at a bureau de change where the late
Olaitan had gone for a transaction.
He said they trailed the late Olaitan to a place where he (Olaitan)
and Ugolor had a drink before following him home to carry out the
killing.
Ugolor took the late Olaitan home the night he was shot and he was
the person called by Olaitan’s wife to take him to the hospital after he
had been shot.
Police sources said Ugolor and the suspect met on Sunday. Ugolor reportedly questioned him.
Ugolor, however, said he was being framed up for the murder of Olaitan.
THE NATION
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